WHO, Africa CDC unveil $518m Ebola plan as Uganda death toll rises

World Health Organization officials on Friday unveiled a six-month, $518 million plan to fight the Ebola outbreak that has killed dozens in in central Africa, including plans to strengthen emergency coordination, disease surveillance, laboratory testing, infection prevention and control, clinical care, community engagement and support for essential health services.

Hospitals and treatment centres have been stormed and burned by local residents angry over restrictions on traditional burial practices.

They are now reporting around 380 confirmed cases in DR Congo, including 60 deaths, plus another 15 confirmed cases and one death in neighbouring Uganda.

Tensions have recently emerged around the Ebola response in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo