Latest Foreign Office advice with 'at least 80 deaths' as Ebola sweeps Democratic Republic of the Congo

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At least 80 deaths have been reported as a country battles an outbreak of a highly contagious disease. The deaths were confirmed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s new Ebola disease outbreak in the eastern Ituri province, authorities said, as health workers raced to intensify screening and contact tracing to contain the disease. Officials first announced the outbreak on Friday, with 65 deaths and 246 suspected cases. Meanwhile, journalists in Ituri’s capital, Bunia, interviewed local