More than 2,000 people have died from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since the first case of this epidemic was recorded in May, making it the deadliest outbreak in the country's history.
Challenges on the ground
The Guardian's global health correspondent, Kat Lay, spoke to Yap Boum II of CDC Africa to understand why health teams on the ground are struggling to contain the spread of the virus.
Efforts to contain the spread
The interview also explored what measures are being put in place to try to contain the spread of the disease.
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