Ebola: WHO declares outbreak in DR Congo

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an Ebola

outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

At least one person has died after contracting the virus in the

country's north-east, the WHO says.

The Congolese health ministry had notified the WHO of a "lab-

confirmed case" of Ebola, it added on Twitter.

More than 11,000 people died in the Ebola outbreak in West

Africa in 2014-2015, mainly in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.

While in Nigeria , the government were fast enough and able to fight the deathly sickness out of the country.

The last outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo

was in 2014 and killed more than 40 people.

Of the nine people suspected to have contracted the deadly virus,

three died, with one case of Ebola confirmed through tests at the

national laboratory in the capital Kinshasa, WHO Congo

representative Allarangar Yokouide said in a statement.

People began to get sick on or after 22 April in Bas-Uele province

in the country's far north, he added.

The region affected lies 1,300km (800 miles) north-east of

Kinshasa, close to the border with the Central African Republic.

"It is in a very remote zone, very forested, so we are a little lucky.

But we always take this very seriously," WHO Congo spokesman

Eric Kabambi told Reuters news agency.

The WHO described the outbreak as "a public health crisis of

international importance".

It said the first teams of experts, including epidemiologists,

biologists and hygiene specialists had been dispatched and were

due to arrive in the affected region by Friday or Saturday.

While this outbreak will be extremely worrying for communities in

this remote part of northern DR Congo, it is important to

remember that the country has stamped out more Ebola

outbreaks than any other place on earth. It is well practiced in

fighting the deadly virus.

Ebola was first identified in DR Congo (then Zaire) in 1976. Since

then, there have been at least eight in the country. The last was in

2014, when - at the same time - parts of West Africa were

fighting a separate outbreak, the worst in history.

DR Congo was able to bring an end to its epidemic within four

months. In West Africa, which had never experienced an Ebola

outbreak before, it took two years.

Authorities in the DR Congo will need to act quickly to contain the

virus, and ensure it doesn't spread to more populated areas.

This time, for the first time, health officials have another weapon

they can use. The world has an experimental vaccine that could

be deployed if needed.

In 2020 Ebola Is to spread into 56 country  and may whipe every human on the earth surface according to scientists.