Ebola in the DRC: Heavy Toll After One Hundred Days of an Epidemic that Is Still Not Under Control
- On Sunday, August 23, the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo reached its 100th day, with more than 5,290 infections and 2,516 deaths, as Senior Ebola Coordinator Julien Harneis described the situation as "growing exponentially."
- The epidemic is spreading across an area bigger than France, with roughly half of the more than 2,500 deaths occurring in the past 20 days, making it the fastest-spreading outbreak on record.
- Women account for 53% of all reported cases, while more than 160 healthcare workers have contracted Ebola, killing 43, and isolation centres have faced more than 260 attacks in the past six months, killing eight workers.
- Senior Ebola Coordinator Julien Harneis warned that "very soon funding will run out," urging immediate international support as "every delay in funding and implementation makes this epidemic more deadly, more difficult to stop and more expensive."
- With one million people displaced in Ituri alone, the outbreak interacts with ongoing conflict, while preparedness activities are underway in neighboring South Sudan, Burundi, and Uganda, which declared itself Ebola-free after cases in June.
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The 17th outbreak of this infectious haemorrhagic fever has been spreading since mid-May in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo at an unprecedented rate. With a lethality rate of 50%, it has already killed more than 2,400 people.
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The desperate race to contain Ebola in DR Congo as deadly outbreak reaches 100 days
The death toll has accelerated sharply, with roughly half of the more than 2,500 deaths recorded in the past 20 days – with the threat fuelled by a mix of conflict, misinformation and services strained by aid cuts. Liz Cookman reports
This Sunday marks exactly one hundred days since the Ebola epidemic was officially declared in the DRC, and it is still not under control, according to health authorities. The symbolic threshold of 2,500 deaths was crossed at the end of the week. This is the deadliest epidemic in the country's history, with 2,557 deaths recorded out of 5,375 confirmed cases, according to the latest figures.
Ebola outbreak in DR Congo reaches 100 days as crisis deepens - Lagos Television
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has marked 100 days since the declaration of its latest Ebola outbreak, with the deadly disease continuing to spread through communities already grappling with conflict, displacement and food insecurity. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) says the response remains insufficient, warning that affected communities need greater humanitarian and medical support to...
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