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March 31, 2019
The Congolese’s health ministry said an Ebolatreatment center located at the epicenter of the current outbreak in eastern regionhas resumed operations after it was attacked last month.
The center run by Medecins Sans Frontieres  in the district of Katwa was set on fireFebruary 24 by unknown attackers, forcing staff to evacuatepatients.
Aid workers have faced mistrust in some areas asthey seek to contain the Ebola outbreak, which has become the most severe inCongo’s history.
The World Health Organisation has said the distrustis fueled by false rumors about treatments and preference for traditionalmedicine.
The current Ebola epidemic, first declared lastAugust, is believed to have killed at least 561 people so far and infected over300 more.