Eighty people have died in a new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern Ituri province, the country's health ministry said...

May 15 - Eighty people have died in a new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern Ituri province, the country's health ministry said late on Friday. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

May 15 - Eighty people have died in a new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern Ituri province, the country's health ministry said late on Friday. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A new Ebola outbreak has been confirmed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, with health authorities reporting 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths in the Ituri province. The outbreak has been concentrated mainly in the gold-mining areas of Mongwalu and Rwampara, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).

A new outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus has been declared in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, African health officials said, with neighbouring Uganda also confirming one related death.

Africa's top public health body has confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo's Ituri province, the 17th since the disease first emerged in the country in 1976.

At least 65 people have died in a confirmed Ebola outbreak in Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with 246 suspected cases reported so far.

A new Ebola outbreak in Congo has killed 65 people with 246 suspected cases as officials investigate which strain is driving the deadly spread.

Health workers in Kinshasa met with Dieudonne Mwamba, Director General of the National Institute of Public Health, to discuss a deadly Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo