A healthcare worker is among the five new Ebola cases confirmed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC's) latest Ebola outbreak, according to an article on University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy's website.
They bring the outbreak total to 78 cases.
The latest confirmed cases all involve people who live near Mangina in the North Kivu province's Mabalako Health Zone, according to an update from the DRC's health ministry.
So far 10 Ebola infections have been reported in health workers, nine confirmed and one listed as probable. Infections in health workers are known to intensify Ebola outbreaks, and health officials in the DRC have temporarily replaced all health workers in Mangina reference health centers so that all the facility's staff could be isolated and monitored for symptoms.
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