Ebola kills more than 1500 in the DRC

Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo say more than one-thousand-five-hundred people have died since the outbreak of the Ebola disease ten months ago. Efforts to contain Ebola have been hampered by conflict and community distrust of health workers.

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(Photo: A health worker wearing Ebola protection gear in Beni - DRC. Credit: Reuters)