Ebola outbreak may be 4 times larger than official count, WHO warns
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The World Health Organization has warned that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda could be two to four times larger than official figures show. The UN health agency said the outbreak has already infected nearly 2,000 people and killed more than 700. The warning suggests the true scale of the crisis may be far worse than current data suggests.