Congo’s Ebola-hit towns under confinement as cases tick up

An Ebola Treatment Centre in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Towns affected by Congo’s latest Ebola outbreak have erected checkpoints to restrict population movements, officials said this week, as cases increased slightly and aid workers warned that the response was underfunded.

Democratic Republic of Congo’s health ministry last week declared the country’s first Ebola outbreak in three years, with 28 suspected cases and 15 deaths. It is the first outbreak in the country’s Kasai province since 2008.