More than 70 Congo medics infected with Ebola since outbreak started, WHO says

Seventy-five medics in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been infected with Ebola, resulting in 17 deaths since the outbreak began.

More than 70 Congo medics infected with Ebola since outbreak started, WHO says
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​A ​senior World ‌Health Organization official ​said on Friday ‌that 75 medics in Congo had been infected with Ebola ‌and 17 of them ‌had died since the current outbreak started there.

"When they ⁠are ​explaining ⁠to you how they live ⁠it, how they were infected … (it) ​can break your heart," ⁠a WHO emergency director, Marie ⁠Roseline ​Belizaire, told a press conference by video link ⁠from eastern Democratic Republic ⁠of ⁠Congo.

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