The Department of Health has added Congo to its Ebola surveillance list after 24 suspected cases of haemorrhagic fever, including 13 deaths, were identified there from July 28 to August 18.
The World Health Organisation believes those cases were unrelated to those in the West African countries of Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone, where there have been a total of 2,615 Ebola cases, including 1,427 deaths.
The department called on people to avoid unnecessary travel to all affected areas, and to maintain personal and environmental hygiene.
For more information and travel advice, please visit the centre's Ebola virus page, the department's Travel Health Service website and the World Health Organisation's page.
