India, July 2 -- UNDP warns DRC's 17th Ebola outbreak could push 985,000 more people into poverty.

It is projected to erase over $1 billion in GDP and 55,000 jobs.

Africa-wide, losses may reach $3.6 billion and 328,000 jobs.

Women, poor households, health services and education systems will bear the brunt.

The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) could push an additional 985,000 people in the country into poverty, according to a new United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) assessment.

The outbreak threatens Africa with $3.6 billion economic loss, with thousands of jobs eliminated and years of development gains reversed, it added.

The assessment, titled Rapid Socioeconomic Assessment of Ebola Outbre...