Ebola death toll up in DR Congo
BBC News, 29 December 2008
Eleven people have now died in an outbreak of Ebola in central Democratic Republic of Congo, say aid workers.
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said one woman died on Sunday, while another man succumbed in Mweka on Christmas Day.
MSF is treating 24 other suspected Ebola cases at isolation units in the villages of Kaluamba and Kampungu.
It is monitoring 102 people who may have had contact with the virus. The latest outbreak in Western Kasai province emerged in late November.
MSF said there is fear and confusion among local civilians and health staff as rumours circulate of suspected cases or deaths from the disease.
It is the first Ebola outbreak in Africa since February and the fourth in DR Congo since 1976
The highly infectious bleeding fever kills 80% of those it infects and there is no known cure.
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