Away from coronavirus, DR Congo battles deadly measles outbreak

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As the world grapples with the spread of novel coronavirus, in remote western DR Congo, officials are fighting a deadly outbreak of measles.

More than 6,000 people have died from measles in the Democratic Republic of Congo in a year, the world's worst outbreak and triple the toll of the country's Ebola epidemic. It is also nearly double the 3,404 people who have died from the coronavirus so far.