# Three Red Cross volunteers died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from suspected Ebola likely caught while managing dead bodies. The volunteers are among the first known victims of the DRC’s Ebola outbreak, which has resulted in more than 170 suspected deaths and 750 suspected cases. The outbreak involves a rare species of Ebola, known as Bundibugyo, which has no proven vaccine and kills about a third of those infected. The World Health Organisation on Friday raised the public health risk from the virus in the DRC from “high” to “very high”.
Red Cross volunteers die from suspected Ebola in DRC