Ebola Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! PreviewAdvancedSpecial charactersHelpHeadingLevel 2Level 3Level 4Level 5FormatInsertLatinLatin extendedIPASymbolsGreekGreek extendedCyrillicArabicArabic extendedHebrewBanglaTamilTeluguSinhalaDevanagariGujaratiThaiLaoKhmerCanadian AboriginalRunesÁáÀàÂâÄäÃãǍǎĀāĂ㥹ÅåĆćĈĉÇçČčĊċĐđĎďÉéÈèÊêËëĚěĒēĔĕĖėĘęĜĝĢģĞğĠġĤĥĦħÍíÌìÎîÏïĨĩǏǐĪīĬĭİıĮįĴĵĶķĹĺĻļĽľŁłŃńÑñŅņŇňÓóÒòÔôÖöÕõǑǒŌōŎŏǪǫŐőŔŕŖŗŘřŚśŜŝŞşŠšȘșȚțŤťÚúÙùÛûÜüŨũŮůǓǔŪūǖǘǚǜŬŭŲųŰűŴŵÝýŶŷŸÿȲȳŹźŽžŻżÆæǢǣØøŒœßÐðÞþƏəFormattingLinksHeadingsListsFilesDiscussionReferencesDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getItalic''Italic text''Italic textBold'''Bold text'''Bold textBold & italic'''''Bold & italic text'''''Bold & italic textDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getReferencePage text.<ref>[https://www.example.org/ Link text], additional text.</ref>Page text.[1]Named referencePage text.<ref name="test">[https://www.example.org/ Link text]</ref>Page text.[2]Additional use of the same referencePage text.<ref name="test" />Page text.[2]Display references<references />↑ Link text, additional text.↑ Link text==== 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" /> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page