Health workers strike in Congo as Ebola death toll continues to rise

HEALTH workers at an Ebola treatment centre in eastern Congo went on strike on Saturday, demanding owed pay. The walkout disrupted care for patients at the epicentre of the country’s rapidly growing outbreak. The number of confirmed cases of Ebola in Congo has reached 2,973, including 1,309 deaths, according to government data released on Friday, in what authorities say has been the fastest-growing outbreak on record. The Elikya Ebola Treatment Centre in Bunia, Ituri province, came to a…