The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it is intensifying efforts and supporting the Democratic Republic of Congo’s government to contain the outbreak of Ebola in the country’s north-eastern Ituri Province.

The cash-strapped World Health Organization is sending a team of experts to the Democratic Republic of the Congo as hundreds of cases of Ebola are suspected.

Congolese authorities say at least 131 deaths and 500 cases have been recorded in Congo Ebola outbreak.