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““A British citizen currently in the DRC has tested positive for Ebola,” a spokesperson for Britain’s government told Reuters in an emailed statement.”

“It is the 17th outbreak of Ebola in the DRC since the highly contagious disease was first identified and named in 1976.”

“The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has spread to a sixth province, officials have said, a day after the head of the World Health Organization said the outbreak was on track to surpass the deadliest in history, which killed at least…”

“The latest numbers of confirmed cases of Ebola in the DRC have made this outbreak – the 17th in the country’s history – the fastest-growing in the known history of the virus.”

“A third person in Kenya has tested positive for Bundibugyo ebolavirus in the country’s first-ever cluster of Ebola cases, as the second-largest outbreak in history kills more than 4,300 and sickens more than 9,000 people in the region.”

“First identified in 1976 in what is now the DRC, Ebola is a highly contagious and often fatal viral disease that affects humans and non-human primates.”

“The DRC was promised $75m towards UN operations there, in return for accepting 2,000 migrants.”