Ebola virus behind massive outbreak in DRC could be mutating, officials say

The Guardian World · Published 58m ago

Cases have passed 4,000 and health watchdog plans to go door to door to find patients in major response escalation The virus causing a massive outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could be mutating, health officials fear, as confirmed cases pass 4,000. Africa’s public health wat

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