Residents in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ituri province are in panic over a new Ebola outbreak, fearing its spread and economic impact. The lack of a vaccine for the Bundibudyo strain heightens anxieties six years after the last outbreak.

<p>Residents of Ituri province fear spread of disease and economic impact of outbreak six years after the last</p><p>“On public transport, in bars and at mass gatherings, everyone is talking about Ebola,” said Gloire Mumbesa, 38, a resident of Mongbwalu, a mining town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He said cases of the disease had been reported locally and panic was engulfing the area because of the lack of a vaccine for the Bundibudyo strain. “The fear is that this disease may spread ...