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Ebola claims more than 1,000 lives in DR Congo

The World Health Organisation had initially voiced hope it would be able to contain the outbreak. [Courtesy]

More than 1,000 people have now died of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities said, as aid workers warned that the highly contagious virus combined with insecurity in the restive region was creating a "deeply worrying situation".

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