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On the ground, it's a disaster': In Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ebola epidemic spirals out of control

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On the ground, it's a disaster': In Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ebola epidemic spirals out of control

One month after the Congolese authorities officially declared the outbreak, the health response is failing to contain the virus's spread, and the number of victims continues to rise.

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One month after the Congolese authorities officially declared the outbreak, the health response is failing to contain the virus's spread, and the number of victims continues to rise.

One month after the Congolese authorities officially declared the outbreak, the health response is failing to contain the virus's spread, and the number of victims continues to rise. The charity's warning comes a day after 72 new cases of Ebola were recorded in a single day -one of the highest daily totals since it began in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) last month.

Le Monde English reported the story as "'On the ground, it's a disaster': In Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ebola epidemic spirals out of control." Daily Mail US reported the story as "True scale of Ebola outbreak is underestimated and the deadly virus is continuing to spread 'undetected', warns Oxfam."

2 sources have covered this story, including Le Monde English and Daily Mail US. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 5 hours ago.

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