“Measles kills less then 1% of those it infects. Ebola kills more that 70% of those it infects.”
Measels is much more contagious than Ebola.
Infectious Disease Ping - Measles Outbreak - African, Congo
Measles has killed nearly three times as many people as Ebola
in the Democratic Republic of Congo, figures show.
Around 6,000 patients have died from measles since the start of 2019,
with cases reported in every corner of the African country.
More than a quarter of a million people have been infected in that time, with the World Health Organisation describing it as the 'world's worst outbreak'.