The number of deaths comes as healthcare workers threaten to walk off the job over a delay in payments.

Authorities report that at least 500 people have died from over 1,500 confirmed Ebola cases in Congo.

The death toll from the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has surpassed 500, the country’s Information Ministry said Monday....

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has now claimed over 500 lives. World Health Organization figures show 1,561 confirmed cases and 506 deaths in the DRC. Two…