Red Cross volunteers die from suspected Ebola in DR Congo

They are thought to have caught the virus before the outbreak was identified, the Red Cross says.

Three Red Cross volunteers in the Democratic Republic of Congo are believed to have died from Ebola after contracting the virus while handling bodies in March, prior to the outbreak's identification.

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies confirmed that three volunteers in the Democratic Republic of Congo died from Ebola after contracting the virus while working in March.

The Red Cross mourns the death of three volunteers in the Democratic Republic of Congo who contracted Ebola while handling bodies in March, prior to the outbreak's identification.

The Red Cross honors three volunteers in the Democratic Republic of Congo who died from Ebola after contracting the virus while handling bodies in March, before the outbreak was identified.

Three Red Cross volunteers in the Democratic Republic of Congo died from suspected Ebola, likely contracted while handling bodies before the outbreak was identified.

The Red Cross confirmed the deaths of three volunteers who contracted Ebola while handling bodies, marking them among the first known victims of the latest outbreak in DR Congo.

Three Red Cross volunteers died from Ebola in eastern DR Congo's Ituri province, believed to have contracted the virus while handling dead bodies as part of a humanitarian mission unrelated to Ebola.

Three Red Cross volunteers have died in DR Congo from suspected Ebola, likely contracted while managing dead bodies before the outbreak was identified.