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Ebola outbreak: DR Congo confirms two deaths | |
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Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo say two people have died from Ebola in the country's north-west. | |
They are the first reported Ebola cases outside West Africa since the outbreak there began, although it is not clear if they are directly linked to that outbreak. | |
So far 1,427 people have died from the virus. | So far 1,427 people have died from the virus. |
The speed and extent of the outbreak has been "unprecedented", the World Health Organization (WHO) says. | The speed and extent of the outbreak has been "unprecedented", the World Health Organization (WHO) says. |
An estimated 2,615 people in West Africa have been infected with Ebola since March. | |
There is no known cure but some affected people have recovered after being given an experimental drug, ZMapp. However, supplies are now exhausted. | |
Several people died in the past month after contracting an unidentified fever in the Equateur region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. | |
On Sunday, Health Minister Felix Kabange Numbi said eight of the fever victims had been tested for Ebola. | |
"The results (of two) are positive. The Ebola virus is confirmed in DRC," Mr Numbi told the Agence France-Presse news agency. | |
The DRC is where Ebola was first identified in 1976. |