Including 63 deaths.. The death toll from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has increased

Congolese Health Minister Roger Campa announced that the number Confirmed infections with the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have risen to 381, including 63 deaths.

The Congolese minister confirmed in a press conference in the capital, Kinshasa, yesterday, Thursday, that 233 patients are currently receiving treatment in health facilities, either in quarantine awaiting the results of Virus"Bundibugyo" It has so far affected three provinces: Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo declared an Ebola outbreak on May 15, and since then health authorities and international partners have intensified screening, isolation, treatment and contact tracing efforts in the affected eastern provinces.

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