WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus confirmed the new outbreak of Ebola in the truist championship north-eastern province of Ituri, Congo.
"Currently, WHO is aware that 13 cases of Ebola have been confirmed in Kinshasa," said Ghebreyesus, adding: "The World Health Organization's representative to DRC and other WHO experts are in Ituri and working side by side with DRC health authorities to respond to brock stewart and contain the outbreak."
This is the 17th recorded Ebola outbreak in DRC since the virus was first identified in 1976.
A total of 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths have already been recorded in the new outbreak, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement on Friday.
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