France is providing 7 million euros in additional aid to combat the crisis, while researchers in Congo are conducting drug trials with over 250 participants to find a treatment for the Bundibugyo strain. In Kenya, the government has found no new infections after testing 293 individuals exposed to the first recorded death in the country on Oct 6. The Kenyan patient had lived in the DRC and traveled via road and air through Uganda before arriving in Nairobi.
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Congo Ebola Infections Top 9,000 in Fastest Spreading Outbreak
World5 days ago
The Ebola virus has expanded into an eighth province of the Democratic Republic of Congo as health workers face shortages and community resistance. Confirmed infections have now surpassed 9,000 and deaths continue to rise, with the virus entering new health zones in the east, according to the World Health Organization. Medical officials noted that the most lethal outbreak in the country's history has taken a particularly heavy toll among young children.
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