Pestilence

Over 600 cases of Ebola in Congo and 268 deaths, health ministry reports - UPI
UPI reports: "Over 600 cases of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been reported since August, the country's health ministry said on Wednesday. The number of probable patients is 608, with 368 deaths and 207 recoveries, and another 29 people are suspected of having the illness. Ebola typically kills about half of those infected, but the fatality rate in the latest outbreak is about 60 percent. [...] The latest Ebola epidemic is the second-deadliest in history. An outbreak in West Africa in 2014 killed 11,000 people before it was controlled."

Comment: Praying that the clinical trial of the possible Ebola vaccine (reported in November) is going well and they are able to make progress treating this deadly outbreak.