"The DRC is now affected by an outbreak of Ebola virus, the first strain identified is bundi budio" is the statement by the Minister of Public Health, Dr. Felix Kabange Numbi to the press on Friday August 17, 2012 in the meeting room of the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI).
This epidemic has been reported in the Eastern Province precisely in Dungu, Viadana and Isiro. . In these three jurisdictions has already recorded 12 confirmed cases including 7 deaths: In Dungu, there was 1 death; Isiro, 3 deaths and Viadana, 3 deaths. The current outbreak of Ebola in the Eastern Province is part of a hunter who dépiécé an antelope found dead in the forest. ..
