Ebola Spreads Across Six DRC Provinces as Mortality Rate Triples
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The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has spread to six provinces. The mortality rate is three times higher than it was a decade ago, Deutsche Welle and PBS NewsHour reported.
Hospitals in Kinshasa, the nation's multi-million population capital, are preparing for an emergency response.
Sources
- Sky News World: Fastest-growing Ebola outbreak spreads to previously unaffected area
- BBC World: Ebola outbreak on track to be deadliest ever, WHO chief says
- PBS NewsHour: Ebola outbreak has spread to new province in Congo, the head of Africa CDC says
- PBS NewsHour: Congo Ebola outbreak on track to become deadliest in history
- Deutsche Welle: Congo: Ebola cases are rising at record pace