On May 8, 2018, the Democratic Republic of Congo's health minister declared an outbreak of Ebola, the highly deadly disease that killed more than 11,000 people in West Africa between 2014 and 2016. The first cases were reported in the remote town of Bikoro, in northwestern Equateur province. However, by early June three out of four confirmed Ebola patients have died in Mbandaka, the Equateur provincial capital, a city of more than 1 million and a transport hub to Congo's capital, Kinshasa. The World Health Organization (WHO) called news of Ebola's spread to Mbandaka a "game-changer" that makes the risk of an international spread of the disease "particularly high." As of late May, 55 cases had been reported, of which 37 have been confirmed. Twenty-five people have died so far; 12 deaths are directly attributed to Ebola.
Authorities and international aid organizations have vaccinated more than 1000 people so far. Nine confirmed Ebola patients have reportedly been cured already.
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