Ebola is not a new virus to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The DRC has even dealt with the deadly virus in 2018 already, thanks to an outbreak that started in May. Just a few weeks after that set of cases ended, it appears Ebola is back in DRC.
The World Health Organization declared a new Ebola outbreak in the beginning of August. The new set of cases started 46 confirmed cases with another 27 probable cases, causing 16 deaths. As of Aug. 21, those numbers ballooned to 76 confirmed cases and 61 deaths due to the virus.