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Sunday, September 23, 2007

4 more Ebola cases found in Congo

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Four more cases of Ebola have been identified in Congo, bringing the total of confirmed cases to nine, officials said Saturday.

The outbreak in Congo is the first major resurgence of Ebola in years.

At least 167 people have died — though it is not clear how many of Ebola — in the affected region of Kasai Occidental over the past four months, and nearly 400 have fallen ill, according to Congolese health officials.

Christiana Salvi, a spokeswoman for the World Health Organization effort in Congo, said that the newest cases came from the same zone as the original confirmed samples...

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http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-09-22-ebola_N.htm?csp=34

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