The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the weekend reported a lab-confirmed Ebola case and three suspected infections, all fatal, in an area in North Kivu province that was one of the main epicenters in earlier outbreaks.The new case marks the country's first Ebola infection in 5 months and its 13th Ebola outbreak.
It's not yet clear if the flare-up is linked to an earlier outbreak in the same area that was declared over in early May after 11 confirmed cases, 6 of them fatal, were reported.Three neighbors died after similar symptomsThe World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday in a statement, based on information from the DRC's health ministry, that the confirmed case involves a 3-year-old boy from the Butsili health area of Beni