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    Top WHO official sees progress in grueling fight against Ebola outbreak

    by Helen Branswell Feb 01, 2019 3 minutes
    Health workers escort a new unconfirmed Ebola patient at an Ebola treatment center in November in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

    Six months after the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo began, efforts to stop spread of the disease are producing signs of progress, a senior World Health Organization official told STAT on Thursday.

    Transmission has either been halted or significantly reduced in a number of the areas where the disease has spread, said Dr. Mike Ryan, assistant director of the WHO’s emergency preparedness and response program.

    But there is still intense

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