Children account for a third of Ebola cases in an outbreak of the disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with hundreds orphaned or isolated, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
Nearly 300 people have died from the highly contagious disease since August in the restive east around the city of Beni.
The UN children’s agency Unicef said the organisation and its partners had identified more than 400 children who have been orphaned or isolated during the outbreak.
Nearly 44 000 people have been vaccinated.
The outbreak has hit an area already struggling with violence from armed groups.
