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WHO calls for 'intensified' response as DR Congo Ebola cases near 4,000

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WHO calls for 'intensified' response as DR Congo Ebola cases near 4,000

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Ebola outbreak is spreading, with the number of infections rising rapidly.

Declared in mid-May, this seventeenth Ebola outbreak has already claimed more than 1,700 lives.

To address this situation, the World Health Organisation has called for an "intensified" medical response.

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