DR Congo Health Minister Reports New Ebola Outbreak

A Congolese health worker prepares to administer an Ebola vaccine, outside the house of a victim who died from Ebola in the village of Mangina in North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on Aug. 18, 2018. Olivia Acland/Reuters

The Democratic Republic of Congo on June 1 reported a new Ebola outbreak in the northwestern portion of the country over the weekend.

Mbandaka, a city of more than 1 million along the Congo River, is the scene of the outbreak. Six cases have been detected there, Congo officials told the World Health Organization (WHO); four people have died.