An Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo has killed more than 400 people and is still spreading, with a first case reported in the major city of Kisangani nearly 600 kilometres (370 miles) from its epicentre.
The highly infectious disease has claimed 438 lives among the 1,406 people confirmed infected -- a fatality rate of just over 31 percent -- since the outbreak was declared on May 15, the National Institute of Public Health (INSP) said in its latest report published on Thursday.
The centre of the outbreak -- whose true scale remains difficult to assess -- was in the northeastern Ituri province, where more than 83 percent of the deaths have occurred.
The province borders South Sudan and Uganda, which has reported 20 cases including two deaths.
The virus has also spread to the nearby provinces of North Kivu and South Kivu.
