Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed more than 4,000, government data shows
- Government data released Friday confirmed 4,018 deaths among 8,300 cases, pushing the death toll in The Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ebola outbreak past 4,000.
- Driven by the rare Bundibugyo virus, this represents the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history, with no known treatment or vaccine available to stem the tide.
- Tensions turned violent last Sunday when Marie-Célestin Karondwa, a local official with the Union for Democracy and Social Progress party, was killed in Butembo.
- The World Health Organization reports that containment efforts are struggling as the virus spreads into new health zones, hampered by widespread mistrust among residents.
- This 17th Ebola outbreak in the Central African nation is currently the second-deadliest in history, trailing the 2014-2016 West African Ebola epidemic that killed more than 11,000.
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No previous Ebola outbreak in Africa grew as fast as the current one in Congo. Now more than 4,000 people have died from the dangerous fever. Children are particularly at risk.
According to official data, almost half of the confirmed Ebola infected people have died in Central Africa. Most recently, however, fewer new cases have been registered.
Ebola treatment center burned in Congo amid more than 4,000 deaths during outbreak In DRC, 4,018 people died from Ebola out of 8,300 <p>confirmed cases. Containment of the disease is hampered by strikes, violence and mistrust communities.</p>
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), the Ebola epidemic killed 4,018 people, with 8,300 confirmed cases; the death rate from Ebola fever in the Democratic Republic of the Congo stands at 48.4 per cent, according to the National Institute of Public Health (INSP) of the country, transmitting to RIA News. It is noted that the cases were recorded in seven provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Of the 2,162 people who were …
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