New Ebola case reported in DR Congo, linked to previous outbreak
STORY: New Ebola case reported in DR Congo, linked to previous outbreak
DATELINE: Aug. 24, 2022
LENGTH: 0:02:00
LOCATION: BENI, DR Congo
CATEGORY: HEALTH
SHOTLIST:
1. various of Beni, NE DR Congo
2. various of the press conference held in Beni, NE DR Congo
3. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): MICHEL TOSALISANA, Chief Medical Officer of the Beni Health Zone
4. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): NARCISSE MUTEBA KASHALE, Mayor of the city of Beni
STORYLINE:
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Monday confirmed a new case of the Ebola virus in the northeastern North Kivu Province, the health ministry said in a statement.
The African country registered a new Ebola case on Aug. 17 in the province's Beni health zone in a 46-year-old female who was admitted to the Beni General Hospital in late July and died on Aug. 15 in the intensive care unit, the ministry said.
Sequencing tests suggest the case is genetically linked to the large outbreak in 2018-2020 that was centered in North Kivu and Ituri provinces, it said. During t
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