More than 100 people have died because of a fever epidemic in the centre of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, health officials say.
Many of the victims are people who have been in contact with the deceased, including medical staff, and who lack equipment to deal with the illness.
The latest victim was a nurse at a local hospital. She died on Thursday after taking care of infected patients.
Health officials say the medical staff had no masks and this put them at risk.
Speaking from Kananga, the capital of West Kasai region, Dr Jean-Constantin Kanow said the illness had first started three months ago, when chickens and pigs started dying - but now people were also affected.
The epidemic was affecting four villages: Kampungu, Makonono, Kaluamba and Mombo.
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