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A new case of #Ebola virus disease was confirmed today in the city of Beni in #DRC 👉bit.ly/34txC0g
As part of the active #Ebola surveillance system in place to respond to this ongoing outbreak in #DRC, thousands of alerts are still being investigated every day. bit.ly/34txC0g
An alert is a person who has symptoms that could be due to Ebola, or any death in a high risk area that could have been as result of Ebola. bit.ly/34txC0g
As with all #Ebola confirmed cases, efforts are already underway to find everyone who may have been in contact with the person in order to offer them the vaccine and monitor their health status. bit.ly/34txC0g
The news of the confirmed case came minutes after the conclusion of a meeting of the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee on #Ebola in #DRC.
The Emergency Committee on #Ebola in #DRC will reconvene next week in order to re-evaluate their recommendations in light of this new information.
Prior to this, the last person who was confirmed to have #Ebola in #DRC tested negative twice and was discharged from a treatment centre on 3 March 2020.

As of 10 April 2020, 3456 confirmed and probable cases and 2276 deaths have occurred as a result of the outbreak.
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