DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Health workers at Bunia General Hospital, the region’s largest health facility, went on strike today and barricaded the entrance, becoming the latest group to have walked out over non-payment of compensation for working in difficult conditions.The World Health Organisation says more than 100 healthcare workers have been infected since the start of the outbreak.Government data showed the number of confirmed cases of Ebola reaching 2,011, including 754 deaths, making the fastest-growing outbreak on record.

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Health workers at Bunia General Hospital, the region’s largest health facility, went on strike today and barricaded the entrance, becoming the latest group to have walked out over non-payment of compensation for working in difficult conditions.

The World Health Organisation says more than 100 healthcare workers have been infected since the start of the outbreak.

Government data showed the number of confirmed cases of Ebola reaching 2,011, including 754 deaths, making the fastest-growing outbreak on record.

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