India, Aug. 13 -- The current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) could become the deadliest Ebola outbreak ever, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned.
So far, more than 2,000 people have died and over 4,300 cases have been recorded in the current outbreak, making it the fastest-spreading Ebola outbreak on record. WHO officials warn that the death toll could increase rapidly if health teams are not able to reach affected communities and control the spread of the virus soon.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that, if the outbreak continues at its current rate, it could become worse than the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, which killed more than 11,000 people and caused about 2...