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

Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have passed four thousand, and health officials now fear the virus behind the outbreak could be mutating. The Guardian reports that Africa's public health watchdog says the time for incremental action is over, announcing plans to scale up every part of the response, including door-to-door searches for patients.

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