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The first case of Ebola in more than 50 days has been detected in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the government said on Friday, in a major setback to hopes that the second worst outbreak in history might be over. via SABCNewsOnline

The first case of Ebola in more than 50 days has been detected in eastern Democratic Republic of

, the government said on Friday, in a major setback to hopes that the second worst outbreak in history might be over.country planned to declare an end to the outbreak on Sunday. It has killed more than 2,200 since August 2018 in an area of the country where rebel attacks hobbled efforts to contain it.Flare-ups or one-off transmissions are common towards the end of Ebola outbreaks and a new case does not necessarily mean that the virus will spread out of control again.

The head of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus confirmed the case on Twitter on Friday and said WHO had been expecting more cases to emerge, and was prepared to respond. “Unfortunately, this means the government of will not be able to declare an end to the …outbreak …as hoped,” he said.

 

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What the hell is happening to the world!! ?

Hayboooo

Yoooh ai ziyabuya straight

They really want us dead

Sad news!

Update us about Corona Virus we moving forward.

But where is this one person getting it from? Can we get more of this story. Ai 2020 is tiring now!

Eish

We must send it to China!!! An eye for an eye

Neli_Ngqulana The same congo that accepted the vaccine, they now telling us about ebola? Emang hanyane congo cant even test for temperature

'Lets infect them with Ebola again, Corona Virus ain't working on these Africans', racist white supremacist

This is a setback

Plz send that Ebola to China

I thought Congo agreed to take the Vaccine.. Why are we eboling them?

What if God have seen that its time for every continent to live its life on lockdown. 😂

God wants us dead yhuuu

2019 you left very soon. Ku tough misaveni, I'd like to see the manager this is not my order.

This is Godzilla rising form the ashes

These outbreaks gonna wipe out us all. The world needs Devine intervention right now!!🙏🙏🙏

Congrats to white supremacists

Ga go loke sepe nix. Ba re batla re shwele

Didn’t DRC agree to corona vaccine tests?

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Omg.

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Ow no! Lord have mercy.

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Ebola is less likely to cause a pandemic, even though it's highly contagious.. It's very aggressive nd lethal, kills it's victims within few days if not hours. That's why it will not spread across the globe like wuhan Corona virus

That will be though with corona and Ebola again God assist Congo

RealRasSipho

Ivukaphi I Ebola manje? 🤒🤒🤒

Yho

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