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The latest government figures show more than 200 people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak.

That's out of more than 900 suspected cases.

Reporter Emmett Livingstone is covering this from the Congolese capital, Kinshasa.

Welcome.

Hello.

What's making this outbreak hard to contain?

When Layla refers to a region the size of Florida where this outbreak is happening, what's that region like?

Okay.

Doesn't sound good.

And so part of the problem here is the war or wars going on.

What other challenges do aid groups face when they try to deal with this?

I just want to underline this.

Health officials are going door to door, warning people about Ebola, and some people are just saying, nah, don't believe it, not happening.

Emmett Livingstone in Kinshasa, thanks so much.

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