DRC authorities warn Ebola outbreak is worst to date and yet to peak

The Democratic Republic of Congo's latest Ebola outbreak has become the deadliest in the country's history, surpassing the 2018-2020 epidemic. According to the DRC's National Public Health Institute, 2,325 people have died and 4,945 have been infected with the virus.

The outbreak is considered the fastest growing on record, with 101 new cases detected in the previous 24 hours. The World Health Organization has warned that the outbreak is yet to reach its peak and that infected people remain outside treatment centres, making transmission chains harder to detect.

The WHO has raised about 60 per cent of the $115 million it is seeking for the Ebola response, and containment efforts are ramping up, including the addition of 400 beds in the past two weeks. The global health agency had previously said that reversing Ebola's spread would be possible within a three-month period.

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