Suspected Ebola cases in eastern Congo have climbed past 900, with at least 119 deaths, as the World Health Organization warns that the outbreak poses a ‘very high’ risk in the country, though it sees a low risk of spreading globally.

Arson attacks on Ebola treatment centers, anger over tightly controlled burials and mistrust of authorities are fueling community backlash, complicating efforts to fight a virus with no approved vaccine.

KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with immunologist Prof Cyrille Cohen, the Dean of the Faculty of Life Sciences at Bar Ilan University.

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