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The growing outbreak has a case fatality rate of around 61 percent.
There have been 396 deaths thus far, including 347 people who died from confirmed cases of Ebola.
The other deaths are from probable cases, the ministry said.( coincidental medical issues- My emphasis )

On average, about half of all Ebola patients succumb to the deadly virus,
though case fatality rates have varied from 25 to 90 percent in past outbreaks,
according to the World Health Organization, the global health arm of the United Nations.

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Infectious Disease - Update - Democratic Republic of Congo

Worsening conditions amplify the Ebola spread in the Congo.
Now it is the 2nd worst outbreak of the virus,
and can be found in the larger cities as well as in the 'back-country'.

[353FMG]

When will the first ebola case reach our southern border?

[dsrtsage]

Granted its a horrible way to die, but can somebody seriously answer a question. Diseases like ebola and bird flu cause a few hundred deaths per year and they cause worldwide panic. The flu caused 80,000 deaths last year in the US alone, but it doesnt even make the news

[Vaquero]

Ban anyone to travel to and from there.

[rdl6989]

It’s only a matter of time before this escapes the Congo region.