A two-month outbreak of Ebola fever in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has stopped, no cases of a new virus infection have been detected in the last 42 days, according to Western media, citing the country's Ministry of Health. In total, eight cases of Ebola virus infection were recorded, four of which were fatal. In the Ministry of Health, the DRC confirmed the use of a new experimental vaccine to fight the virus. It is noted that the outbreak of Ebola in DRC was recorded about a year after the end in West Africa of the most deadly epidemic of the disease. Then from the virus died more than 11,3 thousand. People, and the number of infected reached 28.6 thousand. human.

The Congolese authorities announced the end of the epidemic of Ebola fever.