The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has spread to an eighth province.

Two health officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo said on October 15 that the ongoing Ebola outbreak has spread to North Ubangi Province in the northwest of the country, where two cases have been confirmed, making it the eighth province affected by this round of Bundibugyo-type Ebola outbreak in the country, according to a CCTV reporter.