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How worrying is the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo?
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- James Gallagher Health and science correspondent Getty Images Healthcare workers pictured during a previous Ebola outbreak in Uganda in 2022The outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo is concerning.
- This is a critical moment in an outbreak where there is uncertainty about how far it has spread, but there are already almost 250 suspected cases and 80 deaths.
- Most Ebola outbreaks tend to be small, but specialists are haunted by the 2014-16 outbreak.
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James Gallagher Health and science correspondent Getty Images Healthcare workers pictured during a previous Ebola outbreak in Uganda in 2022The outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo is concerning.
It has been spreading for weeks undetected in a part of the world where civil war makes getting on top of the virus difficult, and the species of Ebola involved is rare, so there are fewer tools to stop a virus that kills between a third and half of people infected.
This is a critical moment in an outbreak where there is uncertainty about how far it has spread, but there are already almost 250 suspected cases and 80 deaths.
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