Ebola death toll in Congo to pass 1,000, World Health Organization warns

Women and children fare worst as efforts to contain outbreak are undermined by health centre attacks and local mistrust

The number of people killed by the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is expected to exceed 1,000 on Friday, the World Health Organization has warned.

Weekly infections have been rising since late February, with attacks by armed groups and a failure to win community trust undermining the response to the epidemic.

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