Ebola: 2 People Dies of Ebola in DR Congo

Felix Kabange Numbi said on state television Sunday that 2 people tested positive amount the 8 tested for Ebola.

"I declare an Ebola epidemic in the region of Djera, in the territory of Boende in the province of Equateur," 

This is the seventh outbreak of Ebola in the Congo. The disease was first discovered there in 1976.

he told a news conference, according to Reuters. Kabange Numbi added that one case tested positive for the Sudanese strain of Ebola, while the other was combination of the Sudanese and the Zaire strain, which is highly lethal, Reuters reported.

 "This epidemic has nothing to do with the one in West Africa," Kabange Numbi said.