The cases bring the total to 274, including 139 deaths.
With 6 new infections, the outbreak total reaches 257 cases and 164 deaths.
In its daily update today the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) health ministry reported four more lab-confirmed cases, three in the current outbreak epicenter in Beni and one in the city of Butembo.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) confirmed three more cases of Ebola and recorded two new deaths in the ongoing outbreak in North Kivu province.
Two of the new cases and both deaths occurred in Beni, the hots pot of the outbreak that saw violent attacks by rebel forces over the weekend. One new case was recorded in Butembo.
Health officials are probing why a disproportionate number of children are among the recent cases in Beni.
Eight of the new cases are in Beni, including 5 of the 6 fatal illnesses.
Today the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced four more confirmed cases of Ebola virus in Beni, the current epicenter of the outbreak in North Kivu province.
Officials also recorded three new deaths in Beni, including two community deaths that had safe and dignified burials.
The WHO is concerned about recent cases from a 'red zone' that is close to camps for internally displaced people.
A genomic analysis indicates that Nigeria’s big Lassa fever outbreak this year has been driven by transmission from rats, not by human-to-human spread, easing worries about a possible Lassa superbug, according to a study described yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
"This does not mean that WHO is not taking the outbreak seriously."
