DR Congo to open three Ebola treatment centres as rare strain spreads

WHO sent a team of experts to help combat the spread of the disease

The outbreak is centered in the eastern Ituri province (Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne/AP)

The Democratic Republic of the Congo will open three treatment centres for the Ebola virus in the eastern Ituri province following an outbreak of a variant that has no approved therapeutics or vaccines.

The news came as the World Health Organisation (WHO) has sent a team of experts and supplies to help combat the spread of the disease.