Inside the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in DRC as the virus spreads
- Posted on May 24, 2026
- By CNN
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Inside the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in DRC as the virus spreads
Hélène Akilimali says she’s taking every precaution against contracting Ebola, including always wearing a face mask in public. But her work as a cocoa seller in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) - the epicenter of the latest outbreak - brings her into daily contact with other people, some of whom doubt the disease is even real, and she has no control over how they behave.
