Ebola, a deadly hemorrhagic fever that is transmitted from animals, including bats and monkeys to humans has resurfaced in the northeast region of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The virus, which has a fatality rate of 90 percent, can spread quickly between people, without preventive measure.
The World Health Organization says Congo’s ministry of health has announced that it has confirmed a single case of Ebola.
In a statement on its Twitter account, the U.N. health agency says Congo notified it and their partners of the case on Thursday.
The last outbreak of Ebola in Congo was in 2014 when the country recorded several dozen cases. That outbreak was not connected to the epidemic that killed thousands in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.
An experimental vaccine was recently developed that WHO says could be used in emergencies
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