Ebola one month on: will the latest outbreak in DRC become the most deadly yet?
With more than 670 confirmed cases and over 135 deaths, the disease has yet to be contained amid funding shortfalls, fear and disinformation When an
With more than 670 confirmed cases and over 135 deaths, the disease has yet to be contained amid funding shortfalls, fear and disinformation When an orphanage in Bunia took in a newborn baby after his mother died from Ebola, the nuns who ran it hoped they were giving the infant a chance for life.
The baby survived for only another two weeks. Now four of the nuns who cared for him have fallen sick with the deadly virus. It
is a snapshot of the tragedies at the centre of an outbreak in which the number of victims is roughly doubling every week, according to
the World Health Organization (WHO). Continue reading...
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