Ebola deaths top 2,000 as scientists race to develop vaccine

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56% : The UN is also working with local authorities to improve screening, traveller monitoring, personnel deployment, provision of protective equipment and community engagement.
54% : Julian Harneis, the UN's senior Ebola coordinator in the DRC, said aid workers, organizations, governments, donors and local communities "must do more, and do it today, to save lives and stop Ebola.
53% : Advertisement The UN and its partners also run mobile Ebola testing labs, operate nurseries for children in Ebola-affected families, protect medical facilities, upgrade hygiene infrastructure and distribute infection prevention equipment.
44% : "We, along with our partners, continue to support the response, but our work is hindered by insecurity," UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq said on Tuesday.
41% : According to the UN's humanitarian aid office (OCHA), at least 13 civilians were killed, several more were abducted and homes were burned in a Friday attack on the village of Banana École in Ituri, causing more than 28,000 people to flee.
40% : The current Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo species, was declared by DRC health officials on 15 May and declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization (WHO) two days later.

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