Ebola outbreak warning as death toll nears 5,000 and WHO warns rare new virus is spreading faster than expected

Nearly half of the people who have caught the new and rare variant of Ebola have died as health officials warn the fatal virus continues to spread across parts of AfricaHealth workers burying Ebola victims, in Bunia, DR Congo(Image: STRINGER/EPA/Shutterstock)Nearly 5,000 people have been killed in the ongoing Ebola outbreak as health experts warn there is still no vaccine for the new rare variant.