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Aid agencies are racing to help underequipped health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo. More than 245 people are now suspected to have died from the virus.

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A remote gold mining town is under siege, as medical workers struggle to beat back a surge of deaths and infections.

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The order came after U.S. officials said that a 50-bed facility was being established in the African country to house American citizens exposed to the virus.

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