Ebola Outbreak Confirmed in Congo With 65 Deaths, Hundreds of Cases

African health authorities are meeting with officials in nearby countries.

Health workers walk with a boy suspected as having the Ebola virus at an Ebola treatment center in Beni, eastern Congo, on Sept. 9, 2018. Al-hadji Kudra Maliro/AP

A fresh outbreak of Ebola has been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on May 15.

In addition to 246 suspected cases, 65 deaths have been reported, the continental health agency said in a statement. That includes four deaths with laboratory-confirmed cases.