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How mistrust helped create an Ebola hotspot in east Congo

Mistrust is becoming a major obstacle to controlling Congo's worst-ever Ebola outbreak in North Kivu, where cases are rising, and around 60% of patients are dying, according to government figures. That's despite signs that transmission is easing in some of the worst-affected areas in neighboring Ituri, where the outbreak began. Clement Bonnerot explains why.