At least 16 dead in Ebola outbreak in DRC

A new outbreak of Ebola has been declared in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with 28 suspected cases and 16 deaths. The first case was spotted in late August, after a pregnant woman was admitted to hospital in Kasai province showing tell-tale signs of haemorrhagic fever. The woman in Bulape died five days later and nurses and lab technicians who had been caring for her then began to fall sick themselves. The country’s national institute of public health earlier this week said it was on “alert mode” after the suspect...