Ebola -- DR Congo
- Due to a relatively well-developed road network, the population of North Kivu is very mobile and travels frequently from one health zone to another. This mobility is the main cause of reactivation of the epidemic in health areas where the transmission of the virus had already been stopped.
- This is notably the case of Beni, which had no new confirmed cases between 21 Feb and 20 Mar 2019. Since 20 Mar 2019, the Beni outbreak has been reactivated after a person infected with the Ebola virus
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6393553&promed&0
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