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The current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now the deadliest of the 17 the country has faced as it continues to spread. United Nations experts have described it as the fastest growing outbreak on record in terms of new infections. Getting the spread of the deadly virus under control is challenging because it involves a rare species of Ebola for which there is no vaccine - though some are being tested - and the epicentre is in an area affected by conflict. Congolese Health Minister Samuel Roger Kamba has said that there are "encouraging signs" that control measures are working as the daily number of new infections is falling, but the World Health Organization (WHO) has cautioned that it is too early to confidently say the spread of the virus has passed its peak. Ebola is a rare but deadly disease caused by a virus.
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The nurse died in Bunia, the capital of eastern DR Congo's Ituri province, according to Congolese Health Minister Samuel Roger Kamba. Ituri province is the epicentre of this outbreak and accounts for the vast majority of confirmed infections.
