In DRC, fighting Ebola means fighting misinformation

Friends and relatives of an Ebola victim in eastern DR Congo clashed with police and health workers, seizing a highly contagious body from its coffin amid tear gas and gunfire before a controlled burial.

The incident underscores deep mistrust, with up to a third of the population denying Ebola’s existence.

Journalists, fact-checkers and community leaders are battling misinformation, even as survivors urge communities to take the deadly outbreak seriously.