Ebola outbreak in Congo spreading exponentially as death toll surpasses 2,500, UN coordinator says
WHO kept the emergency in place as Congo’s outbreak passed 2,500 deaths and officials warned transmission is still accelerating.
- The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is spreading three times faster than the 2014-2016 West Africa epidemic, marking it as the fastest-growing outbreak on record.
- Caused by the Bundibugyo variant, the 17th recorded DRC outbreak remained undetected until May because diagnostic errors led doctors to misattribute patient symptoms to malaria, typhus, or seasonal flu.
- More than 5,100 infections and 2,420 deaths have been recorded since the outbreak began, with Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Director Jean Kaseya noting 60% to 70% of fatalities occur in communities rather than hospitals.
- Congo will receive 70,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine to support containment efforts, yet the World Health Organization warns it has secured only 60% of the $115 million required for the full epidemic response.
- Although early laboratory and animal data suggest Ervebo may provide some protection against Bundibugyo, the lack of an approved vaccine for this strain and rapid community transmission remain significant obstacles to containment.
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Ebola rescue workers attacked with machetes as Congo outbreak spreads to an area larger than FranceIn DR Congo, Ebola has infected more than 5,500 people and killed 2,642. Attacks, strikes and a refusal to comply with lockdowns are hampering the response.
Ebola virus spreads rapidly in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Babies and toddlers are also severely affected. The death rate is high.
Ebola has been spreading in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for about 100 days and has killed thousands of people. Children in particular suffer from the outbreak: they are not only threatened by the disease itself, many are also losing their parents and struggling with stigmatisation.
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