Unpaid health worker opens up on battle to slow fastest-growing Ebola outbreak ever

Wiza Bondele has been working without pay since the outbreak was declared in mid-May

Wiza Bondele goes to work every day at a hospital in Congo with one goal in mind: to slow the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record.

Wiza Bondele works at an Ebola treatment hospital in eastern Congo, risking his life without pay since the outbreak began in May

One man works to slow the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history, and he's doing it unpaid  AP News

New data suggests the death toll of the ongoing Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo has topped 1,700, with health officials struggling to track the disease and identify how the outbreak began. As of Tuesday, the virus has killed 1,707 out of a total 3,802 cases, the Associated Press reported — citing a government update. A

Ebola has killed more than 1,700 people in eastern Congo in what has become the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease.

As of Tuesday, 3,802 cases had been recorded, with 1,707 deaths, according to the latest government update.

The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has quickly grown into the second-largest on record, with cases taking just weeks to reach levels that had taken years in previous outbreaks. There have been at least 3,553 confirmed cases since this outbreak was identified in mid-May, according to data pub

Ebola has killed more than 1,700 people in eastern Congo in the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease, data showed.

Outbreak declared on May 15,has been linked to the Bundibugyo virus for which there are no approved vaccines or treatments