Six hunters in the Democratic Republic of Congo suspected to be
infected with Ebola have tested negative for the virus.
The government and World Health Organization investigated a possible
outbreak about 270 km (170 miles) northeast of the capital when the hunters
developed Ebola-like symptoms after eating an antelope that appeared to be sick
when they killed it.
Four of the hunters have since died.
"All of the samples are negative...there is not an Ebola
epidemic," said Health Minister Felix Kabange.
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| Villagers (seen above) mourn two victims of Ebola |
Since December 2013, the virus has killed more than 11,200 people in
Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea in the worst Ebola epidemic on record.
A three-month outbreak that killed 49 people late last year in the
remote forests of northwestern Congo was not related to the West African
epidemic.