Ebola death toll climbs in Congo [View all]

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Source: ABC News

The death toll from the Ebola virus has doubled within a week in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the outbreak may continue spreading, the World Health Organization cautioned on Thursday.

The Ministry of Health has confirmed 18 deaths among 41 cases of the highly contagious virus.

“Up to 90 percent of those who are infected may die,” said Tarik Jasarevic, a spokesman for the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. “That’s why every outbreak is serious.”

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/09/13/ebola-death-toll-climbs-in-congo/

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I've always had a fascination with new and emerging diseases. This isn't a threat the the west though. The disease isn't airborne and kills its victims too fast to spread widely or quickly.