The numbers of people who have died in the current Ebola outbreak in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has reached the 2,000 marks, government figures show.
The health authorities have struggled to contain the spread of the virus.
Neighbouring Uganda said that a nine-year-old girl with Ebola who had crossed the border had died.
The World Health Organization has called the situation one of the world’s “most complex humanitarian crises”.
This outbreak, in the east of DR Congo, is the second-largest on record with the number of cases now exceeding 3,000, according to the government.
