Four Health Workers Killed Amid Congo’s Ebola Outbreak

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Four Health Workers Killed Amid Congo’s Ebola Outbreak
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“We are heartbroken that our worst fears have been realized,” WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said. “Our focus is caring for the wounded and ensuring staff at other locations are safe.”

Congolese police said the attackers were armed militant fighters, one of several militias fighting to control the area.

Thursday’s attack comes as progress is being made against the epidemic in Congo’s mineral-rich eastern provinces, where the number of new cases has fallen to seven this week from a peak of 120 a week in April. But violence has escalated against local civilians and health workers. Since January, the WHO has documented more than 300 attacks on medical workers and facilities, leaving six dead, including a WHO doctor, and injuring 70 others before the recent attacks.

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