Fears of an Ebola outbreak in northeastern DRC were dispelled after a
World Health Organisation team sent to investigate found that suspected cases of
the disease were not, in fact, Ebola, the agency stated on Monday.
Blood samples from suspected Ebola victims were taken to the National Institute
of virology in South Africa, where they tested negative for the Ebola virus, an
official told IRIN. “
It may take quite some time to establish which
haemorrhagic fever caused those syndromes,” the official added. There had been
persistent rumours of Ebola cases in Dungu, Bengadi, Isiro, Buta, Nyankunde and
Bunia, the Inter Press agency reported on Monday.
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