DRC Ebola outbreak surges past 6,000 cases as death toll nears 3,000
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Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3World Health Organization says Ebola outbreak in Uganda is overlist 2 of 3Nearly one in two Ebola patients dying in DR Congo outbreaklist 3 of 3Ebola spreads to two new zones in DRC; 60 areas now affectedend of listThe current Ebola outbreak is “the fastest-spreading Ebola epidemic ever recorded”, according to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, as people continue to be infected with the virus faster than frontline workers can track and respond to new cases.
Uganda was declared free of the Ebola virus after no new cases were reported for 42 days on August 28.
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has topped prior surges – becoming the worst the country has experienced – as new data confirms there are now over 6,000 confirmed cases and nearly 3,000 deaths.
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