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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Liz Cookman

UN warns DR Congo’s deadly Ebola outbreak still ‘massive’ – and will take months to fight

The world’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak is showing signs of slowing in parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), but United Nations health officials have warned it is too early to say the epidemic has passed its peak.

Julien Harneis, the UN’s special Ebola coordinator, said there had been “areas of progress” but described the epidemic as still “deadly and massive”.

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