The case was detected in Goma, a city of around one million that is separated by a border crossing in western Rwanda.
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Goma, which has a population of around one million, is the capital of North Kivu province, the epicentre of the recent Ebola zoutbreak
As of Thursday, the health authorities had recorded 2,382 cases of Ebola, of which 1,606 had been fatal, it said
It is the closest Ebola is known to have come to South Sudan since a major outbreak began in Congo last August
As of Sunday, 1,506 people had died out of 2,239 recorded cases -Health ministry
Tanzania’s northwestern Kagera, Mwanza and Kigoma regions are most at risk.
The deceased has been confirmed as the grandmother of the five-year-old boy who died.
Two of his family members also tested positive for the virus after a visit to the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.
DR Congo’s health ministry said late on Monday that it had recorded more than 2,000 cases of Ebola, two-thirds of which had been fatal
Health ministry has reported similar attacks on health centres