DRC Ebola outbreak reaches one-year mark
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One year after the start of a deadly Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo, health officials have confirmed the first direct transmission of the virus in Goma, a city of two million people and a major transit hub
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REP.
ITURI
Butembo
DEM. REP. OF CONGO
SOUTH SUDAN
ETHIOPIA
UGANDA 
KENYA
CONGO
Kinshasa
ANGOLA
NORTH KIVU
BURUNDI 
ZAMBIA
RWANDA 
TANZANIA

500km 310 miles
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Aug 1, Goma: Four confirmed Ebola cases inside city – transport links include airport with flights serving DRC capital Kinshasa, Uganda’s Entebbe, and Addis Ababa in Ethiopia,
as well as lakeside port that connects to South Kivu province

Ebola-affected provinces
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CONFIRMED AND PROBABLE EBOLA CASES
(as of July 28, 2019)

125 
100
75
50
25
0    Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul


Aug 1, 2018  Outbreak declared in North Kivu  province

Sep 5: Virus spreads to Butembo – city of over one million people

Nov 29: WHO says outbreak is second largest in history

Jul 14 First case in Goma

Jul 17: WHO declares international emergency

Jul 28: Total of 2,713 cases and 1,823 deaths

May 3: Death toll passes 1,000
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Sources: Associated Press, France 24, World Health Organization © GRAPHIC NEWS