BENI, Congo – The Congolese health ministry confirmed an Ebola case in Goma late Sunday, marking the first time the virus has reached the city of more than 2 million people along the border with Rwanda since the epidemic began nearly a year ago. The health ministry said the man who had arrived earlier Sunday in the regional capital had been quickly transported to an Ebola treatment center. The health ministries in Congo’s neighbors have been preparing for months for the possibility of cases, and frontline health workers already have been vaccinated. He then left Butembo on a bus, and arrived at a health center Sunday showing symptoms of Ebola, the health ministry said. Violent attacks against health workers and treatment facilities have greatly compromised efforts to combat the epidemic in Butembo.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 14, 2019 22:41 UTC