Congolese officials say a second Ebola case confirmed the case in Goma city dies

The Congolese authorities said a man who had been holding a second Ebola case in Goma had died on Wednesday from the second outbreak in history.

There was no connection between the man's case and his predecessor in Goma about three weeks ago, said Jean-Jacques Muyembe, the Ebola response coordinator, on Tuesday when the diagnosis was confirmed.
The man arrived on July 13 from an archaeological site in the eastern part of the Congo of Ituri and began to show symptoms on July 22. He died at the Ebola medical center in Goma, more than 300 miles from Ituri.

Goma, a city of over 2 million people, is located on the Congo-Rwanda border and has an international airport. For months health officials feared that the Ebola case would be confirmed there. Just days after the first Goma case was announced, the World Health Organization announced the Ebola outbreak a rare global emergency.

Health experts are investigating when and where the person was recently diagnosed, Dr. Michael Ryan, executive director of the WHO's emergency medical agency, told reporters during a telephone conference from Geneva on Wednesday. Before he showed any serious symptoms, he was traveling through areas in the main explosion area.

The man had been treated at home for five days before being taken to the Goma health center, putting others at risk of being exposed, Ryan said. "Currently, all possible addresses are identified by the vaccine," he added.
More than 1,700 people have been killed in the blast despite widespread use of experimental but positive Ebola vaccines. The contents of the eruption are facing unpredictable challenges when they were attacked by rebel and pressure groups and Congolese civilians who had never experienced the Ebola outbreak before.
Muyembe and other officials on Tuesday sought to reassure residents of Goma and neighboring countries that steps are being taken to ensure Ebola monitoring at border stations and elsewhere. Neighbors from Rwanda, Uganda and South Sudan began vaccinating health workers a week or so ago.

The global health emergency announcement - the fifth in history - has raised millions of dollars in new commitments by international donors but some health workers say a new approach is needed to combat misunderstandings in the community. Many people in this explosion are still dying at home, they say.