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EBOLA’S BACK… AND IT’S COMING HERE!

- By BRAD CHADWICK news@ sundayspor­t. co. uk

A NEW outbreak of deadly killer death plague EBOLA has experts terrified they may be powerless to top it spreading WORLDWIDE.

The boss of the World Health Organisati­on ( WHO) says he is “increasing­ly concerned” about the current flare- up of the virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo in central Africa.

To date there have been 57 cases – 30 confirmed and 27 suspected – including 41 fatalities in the latest outbreak, but thousands more may be already infected.

WHO Director- General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu­s is worried the outbreak could be harder than anticipate­d to contain following his return from a visit to North Kivu, the epicentre of the flare- up.

Organs

Dr Tedros fears that skirmishes between local rival warlords will make it impossible to quarantine the area and contain the spread of the terrifying disease – which makes victims literally SHIT OUT their organs.

In 2014 and 2015 more than eleven thousand lives were lost as Ebola surged through west Africa.

That outbreak was held back thanks to a huge internatio­nal effort but the latest epidemic may run out of control as medical staff could find it far too dangerous to operate in northern Kivu.

If just one person carrying the bug gets through the special cordon placed around the infected area without being vaccinated, Ebola could be worldwide within WEEKS.

And with hundreds of thousands of migrants crossing over the Mediterran­ean from Africa to Europe every year, experts fear it’s only a matter of time before Ebola flares on the streets of London.

One source said: “Once Ebola gets into London’s sewers and starts infecting the rats, it’ll make the Black Death look like an outbreak of nits.”

Dr Tedros confirmed that the WHO is trying to negotiate with armed groups in the hope the militias will provide access and cease killing to “give us time to control and manage this deadly virus”.

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DEADLY SERIOUS: Killer Ebola could be in London in weeks

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