This archive report was first published on 2 July 2019.
On July 2, 2019, authorities confirmed an Ebola case near the South Sudan-Congo border, approximately 70 kilometers from the border.
The development is concerning, as South Sudan's healthcare system is less equipped to handle Ebola outbreaks.
The confirmed case near South Sudan involved contact with a known Ebola case in Congo's Beni town, where the individual was supposed to stay in regular contact with Congolese health authorities during the 21-day incubation period.
Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed over 1,500 people and has spread to neighboring Uganda, where two people died last month after a family that sickened in Congo returned home across the border.
