Butembo, DRC
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On 7 February 2021, the Congolese health ministry announced that a new case of Ebola near Butembo, North Kivu had been detected the previous day. 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 who had contact with the woman had been tracked.[1][2]
On 3 May 2021, the 12th EVD outbreak was declared over, resulting in 12 cases and 6 deaths.[3][4] Heightened surveillance will continue for 90 days after the declaration, in case of resurgence.[3]
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Aug 1976 | Zaire | Yambuku | EBOV | 318 | 280 | 88% | [5] |
Jun 1977 | Zaire | Tandala | EBOV | 1 | 1 | 100% | [6][7] |
May–Jul 1995 | Zaire | Kikwit | EBOV | 315 | 254 | 81% | [8] |
Aug–Nov 2007 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Kasai-Occidental | EBOV | 264 | 187 | 71% | [9] |
Dec 2008–Feb 2009 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Kasai-Occidental | EBOV | 32 | 14 | 45% | [10] |
Jun–Nov 2012 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Orientale | BDBV | 77 | 36 | 47% | [6] |
Aug–Nov 2014 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Tshuapa | EBOV | 66 | 49 | 74% | [11] |
May–Jul 2017 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Likati | EBOV | 8 | 4 | 50% | [12] |
Apr–Jul 2018 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Équateur Province | EBOV | 54 | 33 | 61% | [13] |
Aug 2018–June 2020 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Kivu | EBOV | 3,470 | 2,280 | 66% | [14] |
June–Nov 2020 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Équateur Province | EBOV | 130 | 55 | 42% | [15] |
Feb 2021–May 2021 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | North Kivu | EBOV | 12 | 6 | 50% | [16] |
April 2022 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Équateur Province | EBOV | 5 | 5 | 100% | [17][18] |
August 2022 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | North Kivu | EBOV | 1 | 1 | 100% | [19] |
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