Backstory: 'This is my people who are dying' - covering Congo's Ebola outbreak

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Backstory: 'This is my people who are dying' - covering Congo's Ebola outbreak
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Reuters photographer Baz Ratner uses a waterproof cover for his camera to take pictures inside the Biosecure Emergency Care Unit at the ALIMA Ebola treatment centre in Beni, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, March 31, 2019. Picture taken March 31, 2019. REUTERS/Djaffar Al Katanty

He grew up in the region that has become the epicenter of the world’s second worst recorded outbreak of the deadly viral disease on record. At the last count at least 1,477 people have died and cases have cropped up in neighboring Uganda. On this trip, he is visiting a frontline clinic in the border town of Beni with Reuters photographer Baz Ratner and reporter Alessandra Prentice to record the full impact of Ebola and gather data on its spread.

One of the cruelest features of the Ebola infection is the ease with which the virus can spread through contact. Friends, family and medical staff have learned the drill to minimize the chance of that happening. So have Reuters’ reporters.

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