Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Tops 11,000 Cases as Disease Keeps Spreading
IOM said 95% of cases were found on informal routes as responders try to reach beyond border checkpoints.
- Confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo reached 11,042, with at least 5,387 deaths, authorities reported on Tuesday, as the virus has spread across East, Central, and West Africa.
- Dr. Andrew Mbala, IOM Regional Ebola Coordinator, warned that 95 per cent of cases bypass official checkpoints, complicating efforts to monitor what the agency terms "the mobility corridor."
- Responders have conducted 55 million screenings in the DRC and 11 neighbouring countries, yet the agency remains nearly $60 million short of its $110 million operating goal through March 2027.
- Peacekeepers with the UN mission MONUSCO evacuated three civilians on Sunday after a shooting along the Plaine Savo–Gali road in Ituri Province, transporting them to Fataki Hospital for urgent care.
- The World Health Organization approved clinical trials for two new Ebola vaccines earlier this month, with results expected in early 2027 as surveillance expands to 50 displacement sites in affected health zones.
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Confirmed cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo have surpassed 11,000. Government figures show a total of 11,042 infections and 5,387 deaths since the outbreak was declared in mid-May. The outbreak is caused by the rare Bundibugyo variant of the Ebola virus. It is already the second largest and deadliest in the history of the disease, after the outbreak in West Africa between 2014 and 2016, when more than 28,600 cases were recorded …
Congo’s Ebola outbreak tops 11,000 cases as disease keeps spreading – WTOP News
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s Ebola cases have crossed 11,000 cases in another development that shows the severity of the outbreak. The latest health ministry data Wednesday showed 11,042 people have been infected by the deadly virus that has now killed 5,387, nearly half of those infected, in the country’s deadliest outbreak. Since the outbreak...
Congo's Ebola outbreak tops 11,000 cases as disease keeps spreadi
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s Ebola cases have crossed 11,000 cases in another development that shows the severity of the outbreak. The latest health ministry data Wednesday showed 11,042 people have been infected by the deadly virus
Health professional carries a baby infected with the Ebola virus in a treatment center in Beni, in the province of North Kivu, in the Congo Sebastien Kitsa Musayi/Associated Press The latest data from the Ministry of Health, released on Wednesday (11), show that 11,042 people have been infected by the virus, which has already killed 5,387, almost half of the infected, in the most deadly outbreak already registered in the country. Since the outbr…
5,387 people have died after contracting Ebola in the deadliest outbreak in DR Congo's history.
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