WHO: re-ebola fall in Congo

Again there is an infection with ebola established in Congo.

The outbreak occurs in a remote area. That's a good luck in an accident. The WHO has already stressed that the contamination is nevertheless taken extremely seriously.

This latest ebola eruption is the eighth in the history of the country. The deadly viral disease was first discovered in the dense tropical forests in 1976 and named after the nearby Ebola river.

In 2014, 42 people were killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo by the virus. At the same time, the disease killed 11. 300 people in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.