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DR Congo reports fresh Ebola outbreak

The latest Ebola outbreak is the 11th in the Democratic Republic of Congo since 1976

DR Congo reported a fresh Ebola outbreak in its northwest on Monday, the latest health emergency for a country already fighting an epidemic of the deadly fever in the east as well as a surging number of coronavirus infections.

The 11th Ebola outbreak in the vast central African country's history comes just weeks before it had hoped to declare the end of the 10th in the east.

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