FILE PHOTO: A Congolese woman arranges bread for sale at an open air market, amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo March 28, 2020. The country now also has an Ebola outbreak in the western province of Equateur. REUTERS/Kenny Katombe - RC25TF9IPMG8/File Photo
KINSHASA (Reuters) - The second-largest Ebola outbreak on record is over after nearly two years and more than 2,200 deaths, Democratic Republic of Congo said on Thursday, even as a separate flare-up of the virus continued on the other side of the country.
Despite effective vaccines and treatments that dramatically boosted survival rates, the outbreak dragged on as first responders struggled to gain access to virus hotspots in Congo's restive east.
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