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Why is the latest Ebola outbreak worsening?

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Why is the latest Ebola outbreak worsening?
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Virus spreading in DRC faster than containment efforts.

The Ebola outbreak in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has already killed 2,000 people.

It is spreading faster than any previous outbreak, outpacing efforts to contain it, says the World Health Organization (WHO).

Alex Lock – Communications coordinator for the Ebola response with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Kinshasa

Dr Marie Roseline Belizaire – Emergency director for the World Health Organization Africa

Originally reported by Al Jazeera. Read the full story at the original source.