Its the  fourth volunteer slain by suspicious locals since the outbreak the deadly hemorrhagic disease that’s killed more than 1200 people since last August.

The health centre was looted and three houses in the North Kivu village of Vusahiro were burned down after the health worker was killed.

Rebels, many crossing the border from Uganda,  and hostility from local residents is making the work of health specialists nearly impossible.

Violence has forced the World Health Organisation to evacuate staff and close a number of treatment and vaccination centers in Ituri and North Kivu where the EBOLA outbreak has become the second worst on the planet. 

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