Battling Ebola in a war zone in Congo
Health workers are finding it hard to outrun a deadly virus
A ROW of health workers in blue gowns and face masks sit at tables outside the tin-roofed bungalow that was home to Kambale Vincent, one of 75 people who have died from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo this month. His widow, a hunched, 60-year-old in a black cardigan, pulls her arm out of her sleeve and winces as a needle pierces her skin. She is receiving an experimental Ebola vaccine, fresh from trials in west Africa, that is being offered to anyone who may have touched her late husband.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “Battling Ebola in a war zone”
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