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On 16 December 2021, DRC declared the country’s thirteenth recorded outbreak of Ebola over.

The outbreak, which was located in DRC’s northeast, in North Kivu province, was declared on 8 October. This thirteenth outbreak came five months after the end of the twelfth outbreak, also in North Kivu province. It was the country’s fifth outbreak since May 2018.

MSF teams responded to the outbreak in North Kivu.

Read about the tenth outbreak in DRC’s northeast. Read about the eleventh outbreak in Équateur province. Read about the twelfth outbreak in North Kivu province.

 

 
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