Authorities say Ebola has been confirmed in a 34-year-old pregnant woman who was hospitalised. Photo: AP PHOTO

The Democratic Republic of Congo has declared a new outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus after a case was confirmed in the southern Kasai province, saying there were 28 suspected cases and 15 deaths.

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This will be the central African country's sixteenth Ebola outbreak, the health ministry said in a statement.

It said the presence of the virus had been confirmed in a 34-year-old pregnant woman who was hospitalised in August with symptoms including a high fever and repeated vom

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