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DR Congo Ebola outbreak kills more than 1,700 as WHO accelerates trials

DR Congo Ebola outbreak kills more than 1,700 as WHO accelerates trials

By GhanaSummary NewsroomPan-Africa

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The death toll from the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s rapidly expanding Ebola outbreak has risen above 1,700, as the World Health Organization (WHO) says trials of experimental treatments, preventive medicines and vaccines are advancing at unprecedented speed.

The latest outbreak has spread more rapidly than any previous Ebola epidemic.

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