Ebola outbreak ‘growing faster, ⁠⁠wider’ as DRC death toll passes 2,500: UN

Epidemic remains out of control amid DR Congo conflict, funding shortages and attacks on health workers and facilities

The Ebola outbreak raging through the Democratic Republic of the Congo is growing "exponentially," the United Nations warned on Friday, as the number of deaths from the virus passed 2,500.

The Ebola outbreak in the DRC is rapidly spreading in an area "bigger than France," according to a senior UN official. The WHO is providing the country with thousands of vaccine doses in a bid to contain the virus.