17 of the 21 people who’ve contracted this deadly hemorrhagic virus have died of it.

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Ebola was actually identified in the DRC, when it was still called Zaire 42 years ago.

This is the ninth time it’s broken out in the central African giant bordered by no fewer than 11 countries.

The World  Health Organisation says its working closely with DRC authorities to scale up operations to prevent the disease from spreading.

It says a successful model for doing this was developed when Ebola reared its deadly head in the DRC last year.

Medicines Sans Frontiers have also sent an expert team to the affected area.

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