Ebola outbreak in Congo becomes country’s worst as virus spreads at “exceptional pace”
Congo’s latest Ebola outbreak has killed more than 2,300 people, making it the deadliest outbreak of the disease ever recorded in the country.
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has become the country's deadliest, with 2,325 people killed, according to local authorities. This surpasses the 2,299 deaths recorded in the 2018-2020 outbreak. The current outbreak, declared on May 15, has resulted in 4,945 confirmed cases.
The fatality rate has risen to 46 percent, with 730 patients currently in isolation or in hospital and 1,040 people having recovered from the disease. The outbreak is spreading at an exceptional pace, with the World Health Organization (WHO) warning that it is outpacing the response.
According to the WHO, the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola has no approved treatment, and vaccine trials are underway in the UK and Canada. The outbreak is being hindered by inadequate health infrastructure, ongoing conflict at the epicenter, and distrust of medical authorities.
Brief written by urgent.news from Euronews, The Hindu - Sci-Tech, The Hindu Health, AllAfrica Health, AllAfrica — 5 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
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