On May 8, 2018, the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared that the Bikoro health zone, in Equateur province, was the scene of an Ebola outbreak. The "Ebola" disease sheet of the Institut Pasteur has just been updated.
This new epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a major risk for the local population. This news is an opportunity to recall that Ebola virus disease is a severe acute viral disease, the main features of which are: