DRC Ebola death toll passes 2,000 amid fastest-growing outbreak on record
Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3DR Congo Ebola health workers protest unpaid wages as deaths surpass 1,800list 2 of 3WHO chief: Ebola outbreak in DRC spreading at ‘unprecedented rate’list 3 of 3DRC’s Ebola outbreak began months before it was officially declared, says WHOend of listA total of 4,381 Ebola cases across five provinces of the DRC have been confirmed as of Tuesday, including 2,011 deaths.
More than 2,000 people have died of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since its outbreak was declared fewer than three months ago.
On Monday, the WHO said the virus first surfaced in the country in February, three months before an outbreak was officially declared in the country and neighbouring Uganda on May 15.
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