DR Congo reports over 10,000 Ebola cases, nearly 4,900 deaths, according to DW News

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• Health workers face challenges including a lack of medical facilities, funding, and local resistance.

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  • The Insider · 27 Oct · В ДР Конго число заболевших Эболой достигло 10 тысяч. Эпидемия распространяется в три раза быстрее, чем предыдущая самая масштабная вспышка (Original publication)

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  • DW News · 27 Oct · DR Congo reports over 10,000 Ebola cases as the outbreak spreads abroad, with no approved vaccine or specific treatment for the Bundibugyo virus (Original publication)

• To declare the epidemic under control, at least 95% of new cases must be identified among known contacts.

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  • The Insider · 27 Oct · В ДР Конго число заболевших Эболой достигло 10 тысяч. Эпидемия распространяется в три раза быстрее, чем предыдущая самая масштабная вспышка (Original publication)

• DW News states: DR Congo has reported more than 10,000 Ebola cases.

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  • The Insider · 27 Oct · В ДР Конго число заболевших Эболой достигло 10 тысяч. Эпидемия распространяется в три раза быстрее, чем предыдущая самая масштабная вспышка (Original publication)
  • DW News · 27 Oct · DR Congo reports over 10,000 Ebola cases as the outbreak spreads abroad, with no approved vaccine or specific treatment for the Bundibugyo virus (Original publication)
  • Euronews · 27 Oct · European disease control center sends experts to Nigeria while Ebola cases surpass 10,000 in Congo (Original publication)

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  • Euronews · 26 Oct · Ebola: Uganda restricts travel as Nigerian case evacuated to Europe (Original publication)

• DW News states: DR Congo has reported nearly 4,900 deaths.

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  • The Insider · 27 Oct · В ДР Конго число заболевших Эболой достигло 10 тысяч. Эпидемия распространяется в три раза быстрее, чем предыдущая самая масштабная вспышка (Original publication)
  • DW News · 27 Oct · DR Congo reports over 10,000 Ebola cases as the outbreak spreads abroad, with no approved vaccine or specific treatment for the Bundibugyo virus (Original publication)
  • Euronews · 27 Oct · European disease control center sends experts to Nigeria while Ebola cases surpass 10,000 in Congo (Original publication)