Two health workers die of Ebola suspected symptoms in Congo

Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja

At least two health workers engaged in the prevention of Ebola disease have been reportedly killed in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC.

According to the Health Ministry, the two people, who had been engaged in the fight against the outbreak of the deadly disease, were killed at their homes in North Kivu province.

The ministry added that the health workers were killed after months of threats.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently expressed concern that the spread of Ebola in the DRC had escalated in the past few months, with more than 2,000 cases recorded since the epidemic broke out again.

The current outbreak is the worst on record after the epidemic struck mainly Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone between 2014 and 2016, leaving more than 11,300 people dead.