The World Health Organization (WHO) and the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo are taking a fresh look at guidelines for the safe care of Ebola patients. The change has come after a patient died due to a second infection from Ebola. So far it has been thought that Ebola conferred permanent immunity on its survivors.
In the Congo, Ebola fever has killed over 2000 of 3000 victims overall, since the outbreak began in August 2018. It is the second biggest epidemic since a much larger one in West Africa, that killed over 11 000 people between 2013 and 2016.
