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“It is the 17th outbreak of Ebola in the DRC since the highly contagious disease was first identified and named in 1976.”

“The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has spread to a sixth province, officials have said, a day after the head of the World Health Organization said the outbreak was on track to surpass the deadliest in history, which killed at least…”

“The latest numbers of confirmed cases of Ebola in the DRC have made this outbreak – the 17th in the country’s history – the fastest-growing in the known history of the virus.”

“First identified in 1976 in what is now the DRC, Ebola is a highly contagious and often fatal viral disease that affects humans and non-human primates.”

“The DRC was promised $75m towards UN operations there, in return for accepting 2,000 migrants.”