GENEVA: The United Nations said on Tuesday that an Ebola outbreak could cost Africa up to $3.6 billion and hundreds of thousands of jobs, potentially causing a development crisis. The outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, for which there is no tested vaccine or treatment, has infected 1,307 people and killed 377 in the Democratic Republic of Congo since being declared on May 15, the government says. A much smaller number of cases have been reported in Uganda and experts warn of the possibility of it spreading to other neighbors,such as South Sudan.

The United Nations has warned that the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Central Africa could cost the continent up to $3.6 billion and lead to the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs,…

Damien Mama, UNDP Resident Representative and Acting Humanitarian Coordinator for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, said the consequences for the countries that neighbor DRC…