Ebola is spreading faster in Democratic Republic of Congo than responders can contain it, the World Health Organization warned, as suspected deaths climbed above 220 and treatment centers came under attack in the country’s conflict-hit east.

New strain of virus, aid cuts and cultural norms around burials and touch add to difficulties in stemming outbreak

It appears to have circulated through eastern Congo’s Ituri province, a conflict-hit mining region, for about two months before authorities recognized what they were dealing with