Over 30 people have died from Ebola in Congo, says World Health Organization

GENEVA (Reuters) -The World Health Organization on Thursday said 48 cases of Ebola have been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo and 31 people have died.

“It has been two weeks since the government of the DRC declared an Ebola outbreak …So far, 48 confirmed and probable cases have been reported, and 31 people have died,” World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters via video link from the WHO headquarters in Geneva.

(Reporting by Olivia Le Poidevin, Editing by Miranda Murray)