Nearly 600 confirmed Ebola cases in DRC as testing strengthens

Ebola cases climb to nearly 600 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with the death toll reaching 115.

As the situation continues to escalate, the World Health Organization is rolling out a massive push for early testing and contact tracing.

Meanwhile, protests ensue as Kenyans continue their push against the US' proposed quarantine facilities while Germany is making headway with a drug combination.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo confirms the latest number of Ebola cases is now close to 600, with 115 dead.

There are signs of hope, however, as 22 patients have recovered and the spread to new health zones seems to have halted.

Working closely with the World Health Organization, Congo officials are urging citizens to seek early medical attention if they experience symptoms of fever, vomiting, or severe weakness.

They're also asking citizens not to attack health workers and to follow health protocols.

The WHO is making a massive push for early testing and contact tracing to contain the virus, though the initial effort will signal a boost in cases due to the scale-up of testing, the agency says.

More labs are being put into force in Congo as the situation develops.

Meanwhile, a Congolese singer is raising funds and awareness with a new song.

She says while she's not a medical personnel, she hopes to make a difference in the epidemic through her work.

And a slam poet details the necessary precautions citizens should follow in his prose, including washing hands and wearing

face masks, in an effort to help the public stay vigilant.

In the Kenyan town of Nanyuki, police is seen clashing with protestors and firing into the crowd.

This as locals fight to reject US' plans to build a quarantine facility at the Laikipia Air Base to house its infected nationals despite a court ruling barring construction and the arrival of any foreign patients.

"They want to kill us. Why are they forcefully bringing us Ebola?" this resident says.

In Berlin, doctors are seeing promising results in an American patient who has been given a drug containing antibodies "that can neutralise all sorts of Ebola viruses.