Ebola cases pass 2k as crisis escalates

Political tensions grew late last year during elections, when the DRC’s former president banned more than a million people in North Kivu from voting because of Ebola. Despite continuous outreach, many people remain suspicious of Ebola responders — who are often not from the region — and a small fraction assault health workers. The danger posed by such attacks prevents Ebola responders from working in communities, meaning that they are unable to perform a key part of control efforts: tracking contacts of people who have contracted the disease.

Source: www.nature.com