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the authorities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced on 1 June about a new outbreak of Ebola in the country.

the Disease is spread in the city of Mbandaka, Central Equateur province, the associated water by the river Congo to the capital Kinshasa in the DRC. In Mbandaka, with a population of 1.5 million people from Ebola has died four, still have two confirmed the diagnosis. The government immediately transferred to the region of doctors and medications.

This is the second outbreak of Ebola in DRC, the first continues in the East of the country in North Kivu province, in 2018, she already died 2 234 (mortality was 66%). Another outbreak was in 2017, but she managed to stop.

in addition to Ebola in the DRC is distributed the strongest in the world, a measles epidemic, which has killed more than 6 thousand people, as well as the coronavirus, he died 71 people, more than 3 thousand infected.

what is Happening in the Congo recalled that the coronavirus is not the only threat to humanity, said the head of the world health organization Tedros Adan Ghebreyesus, speaking with an appeal to help the DRC.

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Jennifer Alvarez is an investigative journalist and is a correspondent for European Union. She is based in Zurich in Switzerland and her field of work include covering human rights violations which take place in the various countries in and outside Europe. She also reports about the political situation in European Union. She has worked with some reputed companies in Europe and is currently contributing to USA News as a freelance journalist. As someone who has a Masters’ degree in Human Rights she also delivers lectures on Intercultural Management to students of Human Rights. She is also an authority on the Arab world politics and their diversity.