WHO says Ebola death toll in DRC and Uganda has surpassed 1,000
The World Health Organization says the death toll in the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda has surpassed 1,000.
By the time the WHO declared the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in May, the virus had already been spreading undetected for weeks.
The outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo virus, was declared on 15 May in Ituri Province in the DRC, before spreading to four other regions in the east of the country.
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