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Ebola death toll in DR Congo outbreak rises to more than 2,000, officials say

The Ebola outbreak, which has hit the DRC's conflict-plagued eastern and northeastern regions, was declared on 15 May but is thought to have already been spreading for several weeks.

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00:00An evil outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 2,000 people out of over 4
00:07,000 confirmed cases, as country officials warn it could become the largest in the country's history.
00:14The case fatality rate of the current outbreak is estimated to be 45.9%, putting it close behind the DRC's
00:22deadliest evil outbreak in 2018-2020.
00:27The emergency was declared on the 15th of May, but it is thought to have already been spreading for several
00:33weeks.
00:34Aid workers say the outbreak continues to outpace the response that's been expanding across the five eastern provinces affected.
00:41On Friday, WHO vaccine experts recommended a full-scale human trial of the only existing approved Ebola vaccine to see
00:50if it offered cross-protection against the current strain spreading across the country.
00:56The emergency is not mistress' only in the eastern境界, but it is not currently in the US and in the
00:57US and in the U.S.
00:57The emergency was revealed at the U.S. in the U.S. in the United States.
00:59The emergency was revealed to a high-poena temporary response to a central security crisis.
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