Coffins containing two victims of the Ebola virus are seen entering a graveyard on May 16, 2019 in Butembo. On July 4, 2019, DR Congo Ebola death toll exceeded 1,600 mark, new fatality near Ugandan border. PHOTO | JOHN WESSELS | AFP
Deaths from an 11-month-old epidemic of Ebola in eastern DR Congo have crossed the 1,600 mark and a new fatality has been reported near the border with Uganda, the health ministry said on Friday.
As of Thursday, the health authorities had recorded 2,382 cases of Ebola, of which 1,606 had been fatal, it said.
