Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo have started tracing those who came in contact with a patient who died from Ebola.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 42-year-old woman died last Wednesday in North-Kivu province just two days after developing symptoms of the disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A team of epidemiologists are on the ground investigating the case and authorities have announced that the disinfection of the sites visited by the patient was underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The World Health Organization (WHO) has already identified more than 70 contact cases of the disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The country had three months ago declared the end of its 11th Ebola outbreak that killed 55 people<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Health Minister, Eteni Longondo, says doctors are determining whether the latest cases are from a new strain of the disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He also called for calm in the affected community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 10th Ebola epidemic, and the deadliest to hit the country, killed more than 2,200 people between August 2018 and June 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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