New Scientist

New Scientist he latest Ebola outbreak in the Republic of Congo has reached 108 cases, with the death toll rising to 88, according to the country's ministry of health. The outbreak of the deadly fever is in the country's Cuvette-Ouest province, near the border with Gabon, and was first detected on 4 January.

It is thought to have been transmitted to humans via the eating of infected gorilla meat. However scientists do not know the identity of the reservoir of the disease from which the gorillas contracted the virus.