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Ebola death toll rises to 122 in Congo

By Kimberly Leonard
Published October 12, 2018 11:56am ET
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Ebola death toll rises to 122 in Congo
In this photo taken Sunday, Sept 9, 2018, a health worker sprays disinfectant on his colleague after working at an Ebola treatment centre in Beni, Eastern Congo. The current Ebola outbreak in northeastern Congo has become a testing ground with one aid group for the first time treating confirmed Ebola victims in individual biosecure units used in emergencies involving highly infectious diseases. | (Al-hadji Kudra Maliro/AP)

At least 122 people have died from the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and officials from the World Health Organization suspect that number is low because of delays in reporting.

Healthcare workers in the area have been having trouble containing the illness from spreading because of violent battles in the region and because residents are distrustful of healthcare workers who have tried to vaccinate them.

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