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Last update: an hour agoEbola Escalation in Eastern DRC: Attacks on Ebola response sites are intensifying in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with reports of a health centre stormed over burial demands and aid tents set on fire, as communities resist strict body-handling rules. WHO Emergency, Death Toll Surges: The WHO has declared the outbreak a public health emergency, while DRC authorities updated deaths to 204 from 867 suspected cases, after earlier figures stood at 177 deaths from 750 suspected cases. Regional Spread Fears: Uganda confirmed three new Ebola cases, bringing its total to five, and the Africa CDC warned that 10 additional countries are at risk—Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Zambia—citing high mobility and insecurity. Travel and Border Moves: Bahrain, the US, and the EU have tightened entry or screening steps, and Uganda suspended public transport to the DRC, as fears grow of wider disruption.
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