Health: The DRC Ebola Outbreak Is Spreading At A Rapid Pace. Why? : 1A : NPR
A visitor washes his hands before entering Kyeshero Hospital at a checkpoint for hand washing and temperature screening for all visitors and patients entering Kyeshero Hospital, as part of Ebola prevention measures in Goma.
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The current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the deadliest in the country’s history.
With over 2,500 deaths and more than 5,000 confirmed cases, it’s now the second largest ever worldwide. And it’s spreading at record speed. It’s even outpacing the West Africa outbreak that killed more than 11,000 people between 2014 and 2016.
What do we know about why this outbreak is moving so quickly?
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