Nigeria, Oct. 30 -- The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has mourned the death of a doctor, Marie-France Shogogo, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) who contracted Ebola.

Africa CDC Director-General, Jean Kaseya, disclosed the death of Ms Shogogo in a post on X on Thursday.

"I met Dr Marie-France Shogogo during my visit to #Beni. A young doctor, she had chosen to dedicate her life to saving the lives of others," Mr Kaseya said.

He described the continued loss of young health professionals working to save others as "deeply painful and outrageous."

"We must protect those who protect us. We owe it to the memory of Dr Shogogo, to her family, and to all frontline health workers," he said.

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