5,000 Dead and NO Vaccine?! Congo's Ebola Crisis

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5,000 Dead and NO Vaccine?! Congo's Ebola Crisis https://newsplusglobe.org/ Congo's Ebola outbreak has passed 5,000 deaths, making it the deadliest in the country's history and the second largest ever recorded. With nearly one in two patients dying and no approved vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain, health workers are racing to contain a virus spreading through a conflict zone. #BreakingNews #WorldNews #NewsPlusGlobe #Ebola #Congo #DRC #Africa #Health

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00:005,000 dead, and still counting.

00:04Congo's Ebola toll, 5,026 dead, 10,351 cases.

00:10Congo's deadliest ever, the world's second largest.

00:15It began in May, by August it passed the old record.

00:19Nearly one in two dies, fatality rate, 48.6%.

00:23The epicentra, Ituri, a conflict zone slowing containment.

00:29Eight provinces hit, with cases in Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda.

00:34The strain is Bundy Bugyo, no approved vaccine, no treatment.

00:38The World Health Organization says, scale up control.

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00:56Five thousand dead, and still counting.

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