Ebola in DR Congo. Mass gatherings banned in Kinshasa to contain spread - BBC
ShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleEmery Makumeno,BBC Africa, KinshasaandWedaeli ChibelushiGetty ImagesEbola has been confirmed in three provinces so far - Ituri, North Kivu and South KivuMass gatherings have been banned in the Democratic Republic of Congo capital, Kinshasa, as well as three other areas, in order to halt the spread of Ebola, the interior minister says. The current outbreak of the deadly disease has so far been detected in three provinces in the east - some 1,800 km (1,100) miles from Kinshasa - but the authorities fear it spreading to the city of 18 million people.