Ebola Case in Rebel-Held Goma Complicates Congo Relief Response

An Ebola case detected in Goma, the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city seized by Rwanda-backed rebels last year, is highlighting how conflict and decrepit infrastructure could hamper efforts to contain the virus.

A woman in Goma tested positive for Ebola, AFP reported citing Jean-Jacques Muyembe, the director of Congo’s National Institute for Biomedical Research, known by its French acronym INRB. The patient was “almost certainly infected by her husband, who died in Bunia,” the capital of the province at the epicenter of the current outbreak, Muyembe said.