WHO chief visits Congo to support Ebola efforts as some workers strike over pay

The head of the World Health Organization has arrived in Congo to support measures being ramped up to slow the world’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak, the agency said Wednesday, as confirmed cases reach nearly 4,000.

The head of the World Health Organization has arrived in Congo as the Ebola outbreak spreads at an alarming rate

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The head of the World Health Organization has arrived in Congo to support measures being ramped up to slow the world’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak

WHO chief arrives in Congo to support Ebola response as cases near 4,000  AP News

DAKAR, Aug 4 - Ebola response workers in eastern Congo have staged protests this week to call for the government to pay salaries and allowances that they say are nearly three months overdue, as security incidents continue to hamper efforts to contain the outbreak.

THE current Ebola outbreak, which is the fastest growing in history, took at least five months to be spotted, a report has shown. The highly contagious virus has caused 44 per cent of those infected in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to have died. A report published in Science journal showed that the fast-spread