Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Tops 11,000 Cases as Disease Keeps Spreading
Health officials say delayed detection, conflict and strained care are driving spread of the rare Bundibugyo strain, which has no approved vaccine or treatment.
- According to latest health ministry data, the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak has reached 11,042 cases and 5,387 deaths, marking the country's deadliest such crisis in history.
- Declared in mid-May, the outbreak involves the Bundibugyo virus, which has spread to eight of the country's 26 provinces amid armed conflict, community mistrust, and a strained health system.
- The World Health Organization backed two vaccine candidates last week, though WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus cautioned, "Vaccines are powerful tools, but they're not substitutes for the proven measures that can save lives now."
- A British healthcare worker recently contracted Ebola while working in Congo and returned to The Royal Free Hospital for specialist treatment, with UK officials noting the public risk remains extremely low.
- The virus has now reached Kenya, Uganda, and Nigeria, continuing the 17th Ebola outbreak in Congo and prompting experts to demand stronger containment measures to address this record-setting geographic spread.
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Ebola tops 11K cases in Congo's deadliest outbreak
Congo's Ebola outbreak has topped 11,000 cases, highlighting the severity of the situation. The health ministry reported on Wednesday 11,042 infections and 5,387 deaths, making it Congo's deadliest outbreak. The crisis began in mid-May, and authorities have struggled to contain…
The outbreak of the Bundibugyo virus is already the deadliest in the history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the second largest ever recorded in the world
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