Fresh Ebola spread in DRC expands to 60 areas with two new zones

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is accelerating, now affecting 60 health zones after Biena and Manguredjipa in North Kivu were added. The country has 5,794 confirmed cases and 2,786 deaths, with higher fatality in some areas and a slower response hindered by conflict, displacement, and attacks on health workers. MSF opened a new treatment centre in Beni to speed care and support contact tracing, but there is no approved vaccine or treatment for the Bundibugyo strain, leaving containment dependent on traditional measures. UN officials warn the outbreak is the fastest-spreading Ebola epidemic on record and urge intensified global action.