Cases have grown to 3,084, including 2,070 deaths.
People often turn first to local clinics, which aren't as prepared to detect the virus.
Response efforts face challenges like continued insecurity, unrest, community resistance, and funding shortages.
Five new infections and 5 new fatalities raise the total to 3,054 cases and 2,050 deaths.
Health officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) confirmed 6 more Ebola infections, raising the overall outbreak total to 3,049, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) online dashboard today. Also, outbreak responders are still investigating 327 suspected cases.
Ten more people died from their infections, raising the fatality count to 2,045.
Genentech, part of the Roche Group, yesterday announced promising phase 3 trial findings for the use of one-dose baloxavir marboxil (Xofluza) to safely treat flu in children, according to results presented on Sep 1 during the Options X Congress in Singapore.
A girl diagnosed in Uganda may have acquired her infection in a healthcare facility, the WHO says.
Cases have now reached 3,017, and a new hot spot in Ituri province has developed.
The girl's Ebola symptoms were flagged at an entry point in the same district of Uganda where imported cases were detected in June.
In another new development, two experts say more research on Ebola in breastmilk is urgently needed to guide recommendations.
