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Ebola deaths surge 30 percent as Berlin prepares for patient – POLITICO

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The number of people suspected to have died from the Ebola virus which is rapidly spreading in central Africa has jumped 30 percent in a day, as health experts rush to contain the deadly epidemic.

Speaking from Geneva, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said there were now over 500 suspected cases and 130 deaths — up from 100 the previous day. The vast majority are in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and a small number in Uganda.

A U.S. doctor also infected with the virus will be evacuated to Berlin’s Charité hospital, the German health ministry confirmed Tuesday, following a request from U.S. authorities.