{"id":41779,"date":"2026-08-07T08:25:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T06:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=41779"},"modified":"2026-08-07T08:25:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T06:25:35","slug":"drc-tests-passengers-after-boat-that-carried-suspected-ebola-case-intercepted-near-kinshasa","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/drc-tests-passengers-after-boat-that-carried-suspected-ebola-case-intercepted-near-kinshasa\/","title":{"rendered":"DRC tests passengers after boat that carried suspected Ebola case intercepted near Kinshasa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) health authorities were screening more than 300 people travelling on a river boat intercepted near Kinshasa on \u200bThursday after the death of a passenger suspected of having Ebola raised \u200cconcerns the virus may have spread on board, officials said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Authorities deployed a mobile laboratory to the vessel after it was stopped in Maluku, around 65 kilometres upstream from the capital on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The Secretary-General \u200bof DRC&#8217;s Health Ministry, Body Ilonga Bompoko, said all passengers were undergoing \u200btemperature checks and clinical screening.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">He told reporters samples had been collected from \u2060four passengers with symptoms including fever and sent for testing, with results expected \u200bon Friday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The operation was launched after health authorities in Mongala province reported \u200bthe death on July 25 of a 32-year-old man suspected of having Ebola who was believed to have travelled on the vessel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Officials have given differing accounts of the man&#8217;s movements and where he \u200bmay have contracted the virus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":41780,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-41779","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"DRC tests passengers","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/41779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/41779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41781,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/41779\/revisions\/41781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=41779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}