Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo have confirmed eight new Ebola virus cases in North Kivu province.
This marks a new outbreak in the country.
The World Health Organisation’s regional office for Africa said on its Twitter account that of the eight cases, there have been six fatalities.
Some 573 people who had been exposed to the virus have been identified.
The country has had a resurgence of the virus cases this year.
A previous Ebola outbreak in DR Congo was declared over in June 2020 and it had claimed the lives of 2,287 people since August 2018.
