Ebola

=== 2021 ===

==== North Kivu ====
On 7 February 2021, the Congolese health ministry announced a new case of Ebola near Butembo, North Kivu detected a day before. The case was a 42-year-old woman who had symptoms of Ebola in Biena on 1 February 2021. A few days after, she died in a hospital in Butembo. The WHO said that more than 70 people with contact with the woman had been tracked.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Ebola case detected in eastern DRC |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/7/new-ebola-case-detected-in-eastern-dr-congo-health-ministry |access-date=17 February 2021 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=15 February 2021 |title=Outbreak of Ebola virus disease in North Kivu – Democratic Republic of the Congo – 2021 |url=https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events/outbreak-ebola-virus-disease-north-kivu-democratic-republic-congo-2021 |access-date=17 February 2021 |website=European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control |language=en}}</ref>

On 11 February 2021, another woman who had contact with the previous woman died in the same town, and the number of traced contacts increased to 100.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DRC confirms two Ebola deaths in resurgence of outbreak |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/11/drc-confirms-two-ebola-deaths-in-resurgence-of-outbreak |access-date=17 February 2021 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}</ref> A day after, a third case was detected in Butembo.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DRC confirms third Ebola case in North Kivu province |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/12/drc-confirms-third-ebola-case-in-north-kivu-province |access-date=17 February 2021 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}</ref>

On 3 May 2021, the 12th EVD outbreak was declared over, resulting in 12 cases and six deaths.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=7 May 2021 |title=Communicable Disease Threats Report |url=https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/Communicable-disease-threats-report-8-may-2021.pdf |access-date=10 May 2021 |website=[[European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=3 May 2021 |title=Latest deadly Ebola virus outbreak in DR Congo declared over |url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/05/1091162 |access-date=10 May 2021 |website=UN News |language=en}}</ref> Heightened surveillance will continue for 90 days after the declaration, in case of resurgence.<ref name=":3" />

==== Guinea ====
In February 2021, Sakoba Keita, head of Guinea's national health agency confirmed that three people had died of Ebola in the south-eastern region near the city of Nzérékoré. A further five people also tested positive. Keita also confirmed more testing was underway, and attempts to trace and isolate further cases had begun.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 February 2021 |title=Guinea records first Ebola deaths since 2016 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-56060728 |access-date=14 February 2021 |website=BBC News}}</ref> On 14 February, the Guinean government declared an Ebola epidemic.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Guinea declares Ebola epidemic after three deaths |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/14/guinea-sees-first-ebola-deaths-since-2016 |access-date=15 February 2021 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}</ref> The outbreak may have started following reactivation of a [[viral latency|latent case]] in a survivor of an earlier outbreak.<ref name="KuperschmidtReactivation">{{Cite journal |vauthors=Kupferschmidt, K |date=March 2021 |title=Ebola virus may lurk in survivors for many years |journal=Science |volume=371 |issue=6535 |pages=1188 |bibcode=2021Sci...371.1188K |doi=10.1126/science.371.6535.1188 |issn=0036-8075 |pmid=33737465 |s2cid=232303082}}</ref><ref name="VirologicalKeitaGuinea21">{{Cite web | vauthors = Keita AK, Düx A, Diallo H, Calvignac-Spencer S, Sow MS, Keita MB, Sidibe Y, Ayouba A, Lemarcis F, Marí Saéz A | display-authors = 6 |date=12 March 2021 |title=Resurgence of Ebola virus in Guinea after 5 years calls for careful attention to survivors without creating further stigmatization |url=https://virological.org/t/guinea-2021-ebov-genomes/651 |access-date=23 March 2021 |website=virological.org |language=en}}</ref> As of 4 May 2021, 23 cases were reported, with no new cases or deaths since 3 April 2021.<ref name=":3" /> A 42-day countdown period was started on 8 May 2021, and on 19 June, the outbreak was declared over.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1406227793281757189 |user=WHOAFRO |title=The #Ebola outbreak in #Guinea was declared over today! Here is a look back at the hard work of communities, health workers, partners & Guinea's health authorities to bring this outbreak to an end while also fighting #COVID19.}}</ref>

==== Ivory Coast ====
On 14 August 2021, The Ministry of Health of [[Cote d’Ivoire]] confirmed the country's first case of Ebola since 1994. This came after the Institut Pasteur in Cote d'Ivoire confirmed the Ebola Virus Disease in samples collected from a patient, who was hospitalized in the commercial capital of [[Abidjan]], after arriving from Guinea.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 August 2021 |title=Cote d'Ivoire declares first Ebola outbreak in more than 25 years |url=https://www.afro.who.int/news/cote-divoire-declares-first-ebola-outbreak-more-25-years |access-date=15 August 2021 |website=afro.who.int}}</ref>

However, on 31 August 2021, the WHO found that, after further tests in a laboratory in [[Lyon]], the patient did not have Ebola. The cause of her disease is still being analyzed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New test finds no evidence of Ebola virus in Cote d'Ivoire case |url=https://www.afro.who.int/news/new-test-finds-no-evidence-ebola-virus-cote-divoire-case |access-date=3 October 2021 |website=WHO {{!}} Regional Office for Africa |language=en}}</ref>