Just when we thought things could not get any worse in 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that a new outbreak of Ebola has been reported in the Congo, a country that is already battling coronavirus as well as the world’s largest measles outbreak.

Fox News reported that the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo announced earlier this week that the city of Mbandaka was grappling with a new outbreak of Ebola, with six cases of the sometimes deadly disease already being confirmed there. Four have already died of the disease, which causes fever, abdominal pain, and bleeding, while two are still being treated.

Officials warned that more cases will likely pop up in the coming days as “surveillance activities increase.”

“This is a reminder that COVID-19 is not the only health threat people face,” said WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in a statement. “Although much of our attention is on the pandemic, WHO is continuing to monitor and respond to many other health emergencies.”

This marks the 11th time that there has been an Ebola outbreak in the Congo since 1976, when the illness was first discovered. News of this new outbreak comes as the eastern part of the Congo is in the final stages of the Ebola epidemic that started in August of 2018, killing over 2,000 people in the second-largest Ebola epidemic on record.

Dr. Matshidiso Rebecca Moeti, the World Health Organization’s regional director for Africa, tweeted that while the new outbreak of Ebola “represents a challenge,” it’s one that WHO officials are “ready to tackle” with the Congo’s health ministry and the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The new #Ebola outbreak in Mbandaka #DRC represents a challenge, but it’s one we are ready to tackle. @WHO has worked w/ @MinSanteRDC, @AfricaCDC & partners over the years to strengthen capacity to respond to outbreaks. With each experience we respond faster & more effectively. pic.twitter.com/SKc6GnI4q4

— Dr Matshidiso Moeti (@MoetiTshidi) June 1, 2020

“With each experience, we respond faster ​and​ more effectively,” she added.

With the world continuing to struggle with the coronavirus pandemic that has killed hundreds of thousands of people globally, this is quite frankly the last thing we need right now. Please pray for the people of the Congo, and let’s hope they can get this outbreak under control before it gets out of hand.