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The death toll of an Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to more than 200.
The health ministry said that 201 deaths from the virus and that 291 cases have been confirmed since August.
About half of the cases were in Beni, a city of 800,000 people, in the North Kivu region.
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The United Nation's Department of Peacekeeping on Friday, April 1, 2011
"Health Minister Oly Ilunga said that it was responsible for responding to the outbreaks, physical assaults, repeated destruction of their equipment and kidnapping.
"Two of our colleagues in the Rapid Response Medical Unit have even lost their lives in an attack," he said.
The outbreak is the 10th in DR Congo since Ebola was first detected there in 1976.
Ebola is a serious infectious disease that can spread rapidly through small amounts of bodily fluid. It causes internal bleeding and can be fatal.
Since a vaccination program began on August 8, more than 25,000 people have been innoculated, the health ministry said earlier this month.
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