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Ebola — DR Congo
In an update today [10 May 2018], the WHO said that, as of yesterday, a total of 32 Ebola cases have been reported, including 2 confirmed, 18 probable, and 12 suspected. 18 deaths are among the cases.
All of the illnesses are in the Bikoro health zone in the DRC’s Equateur province and are from the area covered by the Ikoko-Impenge health facility, about 19 miles [about 31 km] from Bikoro’s central health zone office.
Of 21 cases, 17 had epidemiologic links to other patients, the WHO