"Ebola is spreading at a faster rate than our ability to contain it": the outbreak is out of control in Congo, according to the WHO.
More than 5,000 people have contracted the disease and 2,420 have died in an epidemic that is already the deadliest in its history and is hitting communities displaced by war.
Architect Hubert Nendakala has seen the impact of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo firsthand, having lost a cousin and her husband to the disease within three weeks. The outbreak in the eastern provinces has so far caused over 5,100 cases and 2,420 deaths since the start of the year. Nendakala warns that downplaying the threat could have devastating consequences.
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