3. EBOLA FIRST APPEARED IN SUDAN AND ZAIRE
Although it is widely believed that the first EBV outbreak was recorded in the then Zaire (now known as the Democratic Republic of Congo) in 1976, WHO says there were two simultaneous first discoveries — in Nzara, Sudan, and in Yambuku, Democratic Republic of Congo. The Yambuku outbreak was in a village close to the Ebola River, which explains the name of the virus.
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