Ebola spreads to large city in Congo

The Ebola virus has spread to a large city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a development the World Health Organization is calling “concerning” and a “game changer” that will make public health efforts more challenging.

The virus has spread to Mbandaka, a city with more than 1.2 million residents. The case, which was confirmed by lab tests from the Congo’s Ministry of Health, is in a patient who was more than 90 miles away from where the current outbreak is, in Bikoro, an area that is difficult to get to.