Ebola death toll nears 100 in Congo
Efforts to rein in an Ebola outbreak raging in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are being complicated by the geographical spread and growing suspicion towards outsiders fighting the epidemic, the Red Cross said Friday.
Since the outbreak of the deadly virus was declared on Aug 1 in the eastern North Kivu province, 137 confirmed or probable cases have been registered, including 92 deaths.
Kinshasa last week said the outbreak was "under control", with the speed of transmission slowing significantly since mid-August. "This has not been contained geographically. That is a huge challenge," Pascale Meige told AFP.
