I WAS TOLD TO GET MY AFFAIRS IN ORDER - BILLY RAY CYRUS OPENS UP ABOUT MAJOR HEALTH BATTLE. (PHOTO).
Three laboratories in Democratic Republic of Congo have run out of supplies to test for Ebola, the World Health Organization said, as the outbreak of the dangerous Bundibugyo species of the virus continues to grow.
The agency said laboratories in Bukavu and Lwiro in South Kivu province, and Goma in North Kivu, had run out of stock. It said that the labs were awaiting the arrival of reagents - substances required to run the tests - to resume work on backlogged samples.
There have been almost 600 confirmed cases in the Ebola outbreak and more than 115 deaths, the Congolese government announced on Tuesday evening.
There have also been 19 cases and two deaths in neighbouring Uganda linked to the epidemic, which the WHO has declared an international public health emergency.
The outbreak continues to spread and has now affected 25 health zones in the provinces of Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu.
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