There is denial of the disease within the population, with some members wanting to claim the bodies of suspected and/or confirmed cases,” a doctor at one hospital said.

The WHO chief says there have been 220 suspected deaths in the ongoing Ebola outbreak as Ugandan health authorities report two new Ebola infections.

Angry young men stormed a hospital treating Ebola patients at the heart of the latest outbreak of the disease in eastern Congo on Sunday evening, forcing the medical staff to scramble to evacuate the patients as gunfire rang out in the area.

Regional concern over the Ebola outbreak intensified Saturday as Uganda confirmed three new cases, while neighboring countries stepped up monitoring measures amid fears of cross-border spread.

Angry residents of a town at the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo attacked and burned a tent that was part of a health center where people are being treated for the virus, the staff

Congolese authorities announce that suspected Ebola cases in the country's east now exceed 900, including 119 deaths.

The head of the World Health Organization says Ebola has killed at least 7 people in Congo, but the U.N. agency says it knows the epidemic "is much larger."

Amid the Ebola virus outbreak, India on Monday reviewed its own preparedness and surveillance systems.

Experts say several crises combine to make this Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo, the scene of many such outbreaks over the years, especially difficult to contain.

As health officials scramble to respond to a virus that has spread undetected for weeks, or possibly months, people in Congo are gripped with fear.

Africa races to contain a fast-spreading Ebola outbreak threatening 10 countries as infections spill from eastern Congo into Uganda.

The three workers, who fell ill in March and died in May, were "among the first known victims of the outbreak," the Red Cross said.