2,000 people in Congo dead amid rapidly expanding Ebola outbreak
The current outbreak was declared on May 15, but health authorities now say sequencing showed it began months earlier, in February.
At least 2,000 people have died in Congo's rapidly expanding Ebola outbreak, the fastest-growing on record, according to the latest government data. The death toll has reached 2,011, almost three times faster than the 2014-16 West African Ebola outbreak. The current outbreak began in February, but health authorities now say it started months earlier.
In Ituri province, friends and families mourned the death of 38-year-old Jeannine Katusabe, who sought traditional treatment before going to an Ebola treatment center. The outbreak is the second-largest in history, with a case fatality rate of 45.9%, higher than the 2014-16 outbreak's 39.6%. This Bundibugyo virus outbreak lacks vaccines or treatments, and clinical trials have begun.
The WHO warns that the outbreak's remote location and ongoing conflict make it difficult to control.
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