The latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has spread to Goma, a city of more than one million people located near the Rwandan border, prompting Rwanda to close major border crossings on Sunday, APA reports citing Xinhua.
Cross-border movement between Goma, the capital of North Kivu province in eastern DRC, and Rwanda’s Rubavu-Gisenyi area was suspended Sunday morning at border posts, according to observations by Xinhua correspondents.
The shutdown disrupted activity at one of the busiest crossings shared by the two neighboring countries.
Prosper Mulindwa, mayor of Rubavu District in Rwanda’s Western Province, told local media that the border closure would remain in effect indefinitely as part of efforts to stop the spread of Ebola.
