Congo confirms second Ebola case in Goma

Congo has confirmed second Ebola case in Goma, the city of more than 2 million people where the first confirmed case in this yearlong outbreak was reported earlier this month.

There appeared to be no link between the man's case and the previous one in Goma, Jean-Jacques Muyembe, a local Ebola response coordinator, told reporters.

The patient is now isolated at an Ebola treatment centre. Ebola symptoms can start to



occur between two and 21 days from infection, health experts say.

Days after the first Goma case was announced, the World Health Organization declared the Ebola outbreak a rare global emergency.

The city is one of the hardest hit by this outbreak, which is second only to the 2014-16 Ebola epidemic in West Africa that left more than 11,300 people dead.