Ebola death toll in DR Congo now breaks the 1,500 mark
A health worker checks the fever of travellers coming across South Sudan's Nimule border town from Uganda on June 19, 2019. More than 1,500 people have died in nearly 10 months after an outbreak of Ebola hit the Democratic Republic of Congo. PHOTO | AKUOT CHOL | AFP
What you need to know:
Earlier this month, the virus claimed two lives in neighbouring Uganda.
Ebola spreads among humans through close contact with the blood, body fluids, secretions or organs of an infected person.
The current outbreak in the DRC is the worst on record.
