Congo Completes Surveillance of Ebola Contacts, No New Cases

A member of a medical team is seen inside a Containerized Bio-Containment System (CBCS) during a shake-down exercise at Dulles International Airport in Virginia, outside Washington, DC on Nov. 18, 2016 after return with simulated patients infected with Ebola from West Africa. Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo—Democratic Republic of Congo moved closer to declaring its Ebola outbreak over when the health ministry said it had completed surveillance of the last people who came into contact with patients and had not found any new cases.

If no further cases of the deadly disease are confirmed after one more three-week incubation period, Congo will be able to officially declare an end to the outbreak, which is believed to have killed 29 people since April.