...The WHO says the figure has risen from 14 to 31 since September 5. All of the cases are in Orientale Province in northeastern Congo.
WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic says the outbreak zones remain in the Haut-Uélé territory, in the towns of Isiro and Viadana.
In an interview with VOA on Thursday, Jasarevic described the outbreak as "very active." However, he noted, most of the latest deaths involved people who were previously infected.
“We are seeing more cases," he said. "There are also some new cases. But most of these cases of these additional deaths are no new alert cases but are those that have been traced and that have happened before.”...
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Five of the latest deaths involve health workers.
The World Health Organization is working with Congolese health workers to find active Ebola cases and trace people who may have had contact with an infected person.
