WHO calls for 'intensified' response as DR Congo Ebola cases near 4,000

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, health officials say Ebola infections are climbing rapidly, with the outbreak's death toll now surpassing seventeen hundred. France 24 reports the World Health Organisation is calling for an "intensified" medical response, with doctors deployed and specialised treatment centers set up in the hardest-hit provinces. Vaccine trials are also underway as authorities work to bring the outbreak, declared in mid-May, under control.

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