A health worker warns the current Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo could be severe, with over 130 deaths and 500 cases reported. Challenges include misidentification of the virus strain and its spread into urban areas.

A vaccination and epidemic response adviser who is about to fly out to DR Congo to try to help in the fight against Ebola has told FRANCE 24 that the signs are the current outbreak will be a serious one. Already more than 130 people have been killed, with over 500 more cases detected. John Johnson is vaccination and epidemic response advisor at MSF and is due to fly to DR Congo on Thursday. He explained that part of the problem is that tests had been carried out for a more common strain of Ebola...