A new Ebola outbreak hits the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Since the end of April, a number of people in northern Democratic Republic of the Congo have become sick with an “undiagnosed illness,” and three people have died as a result. Yesterday, the country’s Ministry of Health told the World Health Organization that one of the deaths was caused by the Ebola virus.In all, nine people have come down with symptoms consistent with the virus. Based on the lab-confirmed case, the WHO has declared an official outbreak, the first in the count