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DRC Ebola death toll exceeds 1 600 mark

As of Thursday, the health authorities had recorded 2 382 cases of Ebola, of which 1 606 had been fatal, it said.in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have crossed the 1 600 mark and a new fatality has been reported near the border with Uganda, the health ministry said on Friday.

The fatality is a mother from neighbouring North Kivu province whose five children had become infected with Ebola, two of whom had died.Ariwari lies in northern Ituri, about 10 kilometres from Uganda and some 60 kilometres from South Sudan. The current epidemic is the worst on record after more than 11,300 were killed Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone in an outbreak between 2014-2016.

 

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