Congo says 2,000 people have died in its Ebola outbreak, the fastest growing on record
Officials say delayed detection and conflict helped the rare Bundibugyo strain spread, with 704 patients in isolation and no approved vaccine or treatment.
- On Tuesday, Democratic Republic of Congo officials reported Ebola deaths reached 2,011, with 4,381 confirmed cases across five provinces, marking the fastest-spreading outbreak on record.
- The current outbreak, Congo's 17th, involves the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, for which no approved vaccines or treatments exist; transmission likely began in February, months before official declaration.
- Congo's current outbreak reached 2,000 deaths in less than three months, far faster than the 2018–2020 outbreak that took over 12 months to reach that milestone; 704 patients remain in admission and isolation.
- WHO regional director for Africa, Mohamed Yakub Janabi, warned the virus is moving faster than containment efforts, while the outbreak has spread to neighboring Uganda amid medical supply shortages and insecurity.
- Only West Africa's 2014 to 2016 outbreak surpassed this crisis, with 11,310 deaths recorded, and the World Health Organization has declared the situation a public health emergency of international concern.
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