Ebola death toll in DR Congo exceeds 2,000 amid fears virus is mutating | The World | ABC News

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The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has now surpassed two thousand. Health experts are warning the virus is spreading at a record rate as officials struggle to track and manage it, while there are also concerns that the virus is mutating. Dr Edward Kelley is a former WHO official who was involved in combating previous outbreaks of Ebola in Africa. He spoke to The World's Girish Sawlani about efforts to fight the current Ebola emergency in DR Congo. #ABCTheWorld #ABCAsiaPacific Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNEWS #ABCNEWSAustralia

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