Eastern Congo Ebola toll climbs past 1,500 in fastest-spreading outbreak
TL;DR
Eastern Congo’s Ebola outbreak linked to the Bundibugyo virus has killed 1,521 people out of 3,442 cases, marking the fastest-growing surge as response efforts are hampered by backlogs, mistrust, and violence; Ituri province accounts for the vast majority of cases, with attacks on health facilities and limited vaccines/treatments complicating containment, while the WHO says global risk is low but Congo’s risk is very high and neighboring Uganda has declared itself Ebola-free.
- Congo says the death toll in fastest-growing Ebola outbreak has passed 1,500 KSL.com
- Ebola Bundibugyo strain outbreak worst ever in DR Congo, WHO says BBC
- DR Congo Ebola epidemic becomes world’s second largest outbreak Al Jazeera
- Ebola outbreak in DRC the fastest growing in the history of the virus The Guardian
- Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus - Democratic Republic of the Congo World Health Organization (WHO)
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