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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Audrey Liza M. Nolasco

Ebola Outbreak Could Become Deadliest Ever as WHO Warns Cases and Deaths Continue To Rise

The Ebola outbreak in Congo is accelerating, with rising cases and deaths (Credit: DFID- UK Department for International Development/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)

Global health authorities have issued an urgent warning that the current Ebola epidemic sweeping through Central Africa is moving faster than response efforts and threatens to become the deadliest on record.

World Health Organisation (WHO) Africa Regional Director Dr Mohamed Yakub Janabi starkly admitted that response teams are constantly lagging behind the pathogen, stating that the virus remains frustratingly ahead of containment measures.

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