DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo announced the end of an almost six-month Ebola outbreak in the west of the country as health authorities looked to apply lessons from the successful response to the fight against COVID-19 in Africa. The outbreak, which infected 130 people and killed 55, emerged in June, weeks before a separate Ebola epidemic in the east drew to a close. That one killed more than 2,200 people, the second-most in the disease's history. "I am pleased to solemnly declare the end of the 11th epidemic of Ebola virus disease in Equateur Province," Health Minister Eteni Longondo told a…