Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo are scrambling to contain an Ebola outbreak after a second person died from the virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday.
The country declared a new outbreak of the disease last week after the death of a 31-year-old man, who was diagnosed with the disease in Mbandaka, in the DRC's northwestern Equateur Province, after being sick for more than a week. His sister-in-law, a 25-year-old woman, was the second victim. She died on April 25.
WHO said investigations to determine the source of the current outbreak remain ongoing. There have beenThe woman began experiencing symptoms on April 13, Braka said, adding that "responders have been working intensely to find anyone who may have interacted with her while she was symptomatic and are closely monitoring their health.
Vaccines will be sent to Mbandaka and administered through the 'ring vaccination' strategy -- where contacts and contacts of contacts are vaccinated to curb the spread of the virus and protect lives. The previous outbreaks in Equateur Province were in 2020 when 130 cases were reported, and in 2018, when 54 cases were recorded, the WHO said.
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