Launched TUESDAY July 2, 2019. Reportage #705: Ebola Is Back: More than 1500 people have been killed by Ebola in the ongoing epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The outbreak is the second-largest in the history of the disease. The situation in DRC is more complicated than the initial outbreak location in West Africa, as it is occurring in a war zone. The Ebola crisis in the DRC is accelerating at a ''very intense speed,'' according to MSF. ''It's more than 2000 cases and the mortality rate is nearly 70% which is an absolute crisis,'' said Claire Manera, a field coordinator for the international humanitarian non-profit Medecins Sans Frontieres. The current flare-up is nation's 10th such outbreak with a significant spike in new cases in recent weeks. Ebola is a virus that initially causes sudden fever, intense weakness, muscle pain and a sore throat. It progresses to vomiting, diarrhea and both internal and external bleeding. People are infected when they have direct contact through broken skin, or the mouth and nose, with the blood, vomit, feces or bodily fluids of someone with Ebola. Patients tend to die from dehydration and multiple organ failure. The current outbreak began in August 2018 and the World Health Organization (WHO) says at least 1,510 people had died as of June 24, 2019. Thats 70% death rate of those infected. This week, the virus crossed the border into Uganda. Only once before has an outbreak continued to grow more than eight months after it began, that was the epidemic in West Africa between 2013-16, which killed 11,310 people.
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World Health Organization worker BELINDA LANDU, 28, decontaminates the house of a pastor who has just tested positive for Ebola. The DRC is currently experiencing the second largest Ebola outbreak in recorded history, and the response is hampered by it being in an active conflict zone. More than 1,400 people have died since August 2018.
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The entrance of the Ebola treatment centre in Beni, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The DRC is currently experiencing the second worst Ebola outbreak in recorded history. More than 1,400 people have died.
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World Health Organization worker BELINDA LANDU, 28, changes her protective outfit after decontaminating the house of a pastor who has just tested positive for Ebola. The DRC is currently experiencing the second largest Ebola outbreak in recorded history, and the response is hampered by it being in an active conflict zone. More than 1,400 people have died since August 2018.
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A doctor wearing full protective gear speaks to a patient in the Ebola treatment centre in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The DRC is currently experiencing the second worst Ebola outbreak in recorded history. More than 1,400 people have died.
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Medical staff dressed in protective gear before entering an isolation area at an Ebola treatment centre in Goma. DR Congo is currently experiencing the second worst Ebola outbreak in recorded history. More than 1,400 people have died.
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Yellow, blue, black and white wellies drying. Wellies or the famous Wellington Boot, are waterproof boots made of rubber or polyvinyl chloride (PVC), a halogenated polymer, prefect for the medical and aid workers helping victims of the New Ebola Breakout in Africa. at an Ebola treatment center in Goma, DR Congo is currently experiencing the second worst Ebola outbreak in recorded history. More than 1,400 people have died.
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PRINCE, 8, is handed a certificate confirming he is Ebola-free, outside the Ebola treatment centre in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The DRC is currently experiencing the second worst Ebola outbreak in recorded history. More than 1,400 people have died.
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An Ebola warning signage placard by the woman's restroom at Beni airport warns passengers of the symptoms of Ebola. DR Congo is currently experiencing the second worst Ebola outbreak in recorded history. More than 1,400 people have died.
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A woman with her kid attends a community meeting aimed at educating locals about the symptoms and treatment of Ebola as part of a community outreach initiative. DR Congo is currently experiencing the second worst Ebola outbreak in recorded history. More than 1,400 people have died.
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