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Congo’s Ebola death toll passes 1,500 as it struggles to halt spread

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Current understanding

Current understanding

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Impact assessment

100/100

Impact assessment

critical human impact

What the reporting supports

  • Reported deaths1,500 reported deathsdeath toll passes 1,500
How this score is formed

Loss of life and injury100/100

The fatality scale reaches 100 at 450 reported deaths. Since this headline reports 1,500, the loss component is capped at 100/100. Human-impact evidence sets the overall score; wider signals cannot dilute it.