WHO declares end to Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an end to the most recent outbreak of Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

The announcement comes after the last confirmed Ebola patient in the affected Bas-Uélé province tested negative for the disease for the second time.

Four people have died from the outbreak while four others have survived the disease, the agency confirmed.

The country's Ministry of Public Health officially declared an outbreak of the virus on 11 May after a "cluster of undiagnosed illnesses and deaths," with bleeding symptoms, was reported in the Likati health district.

Likati is a remote, hard to reach area, which shares borders with the Central African Republic and two other provinces of DRC.

This is the eighth outbreak in the DRC since 1976.

The most recent was in 2014, around the same time the virus wreaked havoc in West Africa, killing more than 11,000 people.

UN Radio/GBC