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Ebola is spreading faster in eastern Congo than it can be tracked, as deaths pass 700

Eighty percent of new Ebola cases in eastern Congo are emerging from unknown chains of transmission, according to WHO, a sign the outbreak is spreading faster than health officials can track.

Ebola is spreading faster in eastern Congo than it can be tracked, as deaths pass 700
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Eighty percent of new Ebola cases in eastern Congo are emerging from unknown chains of transmission, according to WHO, a sign the outbreak is spreading faster than health officials can track.

(Image credit: Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne)

Originally published at NPR World

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