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'Ebola has tortured us': Fear grips eastern DR Congo as deadly virus spreads

The health minister has acknowledged that medics are playing catch-up with the virus after being slow to detect it.

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Fear has gripped Ebola-hit areas in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as the suspected number of deaths continues to rise, as officials say they are struggling to catch up to an outbreak that may have previously been spreading undetected. "Ebola has tortured us," says a taxi rider in his late twenties in the gold-mining town of Rwampara.

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