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The World Health Organisation's representative in Democratic Republic of Congo says isolation of people infected with a rare sub-type of Ebola will be crucial to controlling the spread of the disease.
Health experts say the virus spread undetected for weeks after the first known death, as authorities tested for a more common type of Ebola, with the results coming back negative.
There's been a sharp increase in suspected deaths to 134 and more than 500 suspected cases in eastern Congo.
Speaking to SBS News, Dr Anne Ancia, says without a vaccine or specific medicine, contact tracing and isolation will be crucial.
"For the time being the people are still in the routine facilities so they're in contact, even the health professionals are going from Ebola suspected case to normal patient, so we are stopping that, we are asking them to have dedicated health professionals who are just looking at the Ebola suspected cases but we are now starting to build the specific health facilities that will only take care of Ebola patients so there is no contact with other patients."
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Federal Health Minister Mark Butler says the current diphtheria outbreak in parts of central and northern Australia is the biggest seen in many years.
He says the Federal Government is working on a support package including vaccination and a workforce surge to be finalised later today.
Mr Butler says the outbreak is overwhelming, affecting Indigenous Australians.
Most of the cases are respiratory diphtheria which is very serious and about a quarter of cases are being hospitalised.
Mr Butler says there are 220 known cases at the moment.
“We've been recording case numbers nationally for about 35 years and this by a very big distance is the biggest outbreak of diphtheria we've ever seen, it's about 30 times the average number of diphtheria cases we've seen over the last five years or so, so it's a very, very concerning outbreak. About 60 per cent of those cases are in the northern territory, the vast majority of the rest of those cases are in the northern part of western Australia."
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Two men have died in a fiery crash outside a Melbourne high school, with police saying speed appears to have been a major factor.
Investigators say the car crashed into a tree on the Princes Highway in Dandenong early this morning before bursting into flames.
The two male occupants died at the scene.
Inspector Craig McEvoy of Victoria Police says investigators are working to determine exactly what led to the crash.
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The Socceroos have intensified their World Cup preparations in the United States, with a dozen more players added to their pre-tournament training camp in the state of Florida.
Ten of the 12 new faces are players who have just finished their European club seasons, including Jackson Irvine, Conor Metcalfe, Cam Devlin, Martin Boyle, and Jacob Italiano.
But Portsmouth defender Hayden Matthews has left the camp, due to an injury.
Coach Tony Popovic will announce his final 26-man squad for the World Cup on June the 1st, just after a warm-up match against Mexico in Los Angeles.
Australia's first game of the tournament is against Türkiye on the 14th of June.
And that's the News in Easy English.
