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Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
North Kivu is a province bordering Lake Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The capital city is Goma. Spanning approximately 59,483 square kilometers with a population estimate of 8,985,711 as of 2020, it is bordered by Ituri to the north, Tshopo to the northwest, Maniema to the southwest, and South Kivu to the south, as well as Uganda and Rwanda to the east.
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Hemorrhagic fever caused by ebolaviruses
Ebola, also known as Ebola virus disease (EVD) and Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), is a zoonotic viral hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates, caused by four of the six known ebolaviruses. Symptoms typically start anywhere between two days and three weeks after infection. The first symptoms are usually fever, sore throat, muscle pain, and headaches. These are usually followed by vomiting, diarrhoea, rash, hepatic and renal dysfunction, at which point some people begin to bleed both internally and externally.
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The Ebola epidemic that has struck the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since May has caused 8,728 confirmed cases and 4,205 deaths, according to the latest report from the World Health Organization, which puts the case fatality rate at 48.2 percent.
The National Institute of Public Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced on Thursday that the number of cases in the Ebola outbreak had risen to 8,728, including 4,205 deaths, WAM reported.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the…