Confirmed Ebola Cases Surpass 600 with Over 120 Dead as Outbreak Continues to Grow

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By: Adam England

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NEED TO KNOW

  • The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ministry of Public Health shared on Wednesday, June 10 that there had been 635 confirmed cases of Ebola in the country, with 127 deaths recorded
  • The contact follow-up rate has risen to 61.1 percent, but the World Health Organization has previously said it needs to increase to 90 percent
  • In neighboring Uganda, there have been 19 cases and two deaths, including one probable case who has died
Workers in DR Congo lining up to disinfect their protective equipment during the Ebola outbreak
Credit: Michel Lunanga/Getty

More than 100 people have died from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as the current outbreak surpasses 600 total cases, according to Congolese authorities.

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