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Nearly 500 confirmed cases in central Africa Ebola outbreak: WHO

Nearly 500 Ebola cases have now been confirmed in the deadly outbreak raging in central Africa, a WHO overview showed Saturday, amid mounting concern over the swelling scale of the epidemic.In its daily update on the situation, the World Health Organization tallied 452 confirmed cases, including 82 deaths, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the outbreak was declared three weeks ago.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.In neighboring Uganda, meanwhile, it counted 19 confirmed cases, including two deaths.The total of 471 cases and 84 deaths, based on numbers reported by the DRC and Ugandan governments, marked a hike of 100 cases and 20 deaths from a day earlier.The increase came amid warnings that the outbreak, which the WHO has declared an international public health emergency, could eventually swell to become the largest on record.A top official at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that models indicated

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