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Rate of New Ebola Cases in DRC Has Doubled Since September

by Associated Press

   LONDON --

   Health officials say the rate of new Ebola cases has more than doubled
   since September after rebel violence in northeastern Congo caused
   response efforts to be briefly suspended.
   In a statement on Thursday, the International Rescue Committee says it
   is "alarmed" that there were 33 new cases between October 1 and
   Tuesday, versus 41 cases during all of September.
   Officials say most of the new cases have been in Beni, where experts
   had to suspend Ebola containment efforts for days after a deadly rebel
   attack.
   Earlier this week, the World Health Organization noted that all of the
   health workers who have caught Ebola in this epidemic have been
   infected outside of hospitals or clinics, meaning that the virus is
   spreading in the community.