KINSHASA, May 17 — The Ebola strain in the latest outbreak in DR Congo has a “very high lethality rate”, and there is no vaccine or treatment available for it, Health...

The surge in cases marks the 17th Ebola outbreak in the Congo since 1976.

About 246 suspected cases & 65 deaths have been reported mainly in Mongbwalu and Rwampara health zones in Ituri province, near the Ugandan border.

Cases set to increase, WHO warns, with infections appearing in urban centres and neighbouring Uganda