<p>More help is needed to beat Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo, humanitarian and medical groups said on Thursday, as they marked a year since the epidemic was declared.</p>.<p>More than 2,500 people have been infected in what is now the world's second-worst outbreak of the disease in history.</p>.<p>Here are some key facts and figures about Ebola:</p>.<p> 1. A total of 2,701 people have been infected in the current Ebola outbreak in Congo, of whom 1,813 have died. Almost a third of the cases were children.</p>.<p>2. Nearly 150 of the infections have been among health workers and more than one in four of them died.</p>.<p>3. The world's worst epidemic of Ebola, a hemorrhagic fever, began in Guinea in December 2013 and swept through Liberia and Sierra Leone, killing more than 11,300 people.</p>.<p>4. Ebola causes fever, flu-like pains, bleeding, vomiting and diarrhoea and spreads among humans through contact with bodily fluids of an infected person.</p>.<p>5. The average Ebola fatality rate is about 50% - though it has varied from a quarter to 90% across different outbreaks.</p>.<p>6. Two weeks ago, the current Ebola outbreak was declared a public health emergency of international concern by the WHO.</p>.<p>7. The number of cases reached 1,000 in March and has more than doubled in the four months since then.</p>.<p>8. Since early June, the number of new cases notified per week has remained high, averaging between 75 and 100 each week.</p>.<p>9. Several Ebola cases have been recorded across the border in Uganda, while Rwanda is closely watching the recent cases in the Congo's border city of Goma.</p>.<p>10. There have been at least 198 attacks on Ebola health facilities and health workers in the Congo since January, as health workers face a militia violence and local mistrust over the response.</p>.<p>Sources: World Health Organization, Congo Ministry of Health, Medecins Sans Frontieres</p>
<p>More help is needed to beat Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo, humanitarian and medical groups said on Thursday, as they marked a year since the epidemic was declared.</p>.<p>More than 2,500 people have been infected in what is now the world's second-worst outbreak of the disease in history.</p>.<p>Here are some key facts and figures about Ebola:</p>.<p> 1. A total of 2,701 people have been infected in the current Ebola outbreak in Congo, of whom 1,813 have died. Almost a third of the cases were children.</p>.<p>2. Nearly 150 of the infections have been among health workers and more than one in four of them died.</p>.<p>3. The world's worst epidemic of Ebola, a hemorrhagic fever, began in Guinea in December 2013 and swept through Liberia and Sierra Leone, killing more than 11,300 people.</p>.<p>4. Ebola causes fever, flu-like pains, bleeding, vomiting and diarrhoea and spreads among humans through contact with bodily fluids of an infected person.</p>.<p>5. The average Ebola fatality rate is about 50% - though it has varied from a quarter to 90% across different outbreaks.</p>.<p>6. Two weeks ago, the current Ebola outbreak was declared a public health emergency of international concern by the WHO.</p>.<p>7. The number of cases reached 1,000 in March and has more than doubled in the four months since then.</p>.<p>8. Since early June, the number of new cases notified per week has remained high, averaging between 75 and 100 each week.</p>.<p>9. Several Ebola cases have been recorded across the border in Uganda, while Rwanda is closely watching the recent cases in the Congo's border city of Goma.</p>.<p>10. There have been at least 198 attacks on Ebola health facilities and health workers in the Congo since January, as health workers face a militia violence and local mistrust over the response.</p>.<p>Sources: World Health Organization, Congo Ministry of Health, Medecins Sans Frontieres</p>