India, Aug. 15 -- The Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) - the fastest-growing on record and on track to become the deadliest - is killing one person every 30 minutes.

"Ebola is winning in the Democratic Republic of the Congo," UN humanitarian affairs chief Tom Fletcher said. "We cannot let the virus outrun our response."

Alongside the startling current fatality rate, Fletcher announced on Friday that he has allocated an additional $30.5 million from the UN's Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) - building on the $24 million previously allocated to the DRC and its neighbors to tackle the outbreak.

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