Ebola outbreak in DR Congo spreads to sixth province as death toll passes 2,100

The epidemic, already the deadliest in the country's history, is spreading faster than any previous Ebola outbreak, the World Health Organization has warned.

DRC’s fast-growing Ebola outbreak spreads to sixth province

Man dies in Bas-Uele after travelling from Haut-Uele, as head of WHO says outbreak on track to be deadliest ever The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has spread to a sixth province, officials have said, a day after the head of the World Health Organization said the outbreak was on track to surpass the deadliest in history, which erupted more than a decade ago and killed more than 11,000 people. Jean Kaseya, the director general of Africa CDC, said a death had been record...

By Associated Press in Kinshasa

DR Congo Ebola outbreak spreads to a sixth province

Ebola outbreak has killed 2,128 people out of around 4,566 recorded cases in the DRC, according to government figures.

Ebola outbreak spreads to sixth DR Congo province

The Ebola outbreak has killed more than 2,128 people so far.

WHO warns that Ebola outbreak in Congo has reached unprecedented scale - The Brussels Times

WHO warns that Ebola outbreak in Congo has reached unprecedented scale  The Brussels Times

Ebola outbreak on track to be deadliest ever, WHO chief says

The current outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo is on track to surpass the deadliest outbreak of the disease ever, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.

By Judy Yayra Avanu