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Ebola outbreak spreading like wildfire across North Kivu

Original: Ebola outbreak spreading like “wildfire” across North Kivu

Doctors Without Borders warns that the Ebola outbreak in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, is spreading like "wildfire". The medical charity's stark description points to rapidly rising cases in a region already troubled by conflict and weak health infrastructure. Health authorities face an urgent race to trace contacts and contain the virus before it spreads further.

Why now: A leading medical charity has issued a dramatic warning that the outbreak is accelerating, raising fears of a wider regional crisis.

Doctors Without BordersNorth KivuDemocratic Republic of the CongoEbola

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