Ebola infections top 7,000 in Congo as virus spreads to new province
DAKAR: The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo has passed 7,000, with the virus spreading to a new province, government data showed on Friday.
The Democratic Republic of Congo has reported over 7,000 confirmed Ebola cases, marking the largest and deadliest outbreak in the nation's history, according to government data released on Friday. The outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo species of Ebola, has surpassed the 2018-2020 epidemic, which was previously the deadliest. Now, the current outbreak is only second to the 2014-2016 West African outbreak, which infected more than 28,600 people and killed over 11,000 in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
As of Friday, the death toll had risen to 3,398, with confirmed cases reaching 7,022 across seven provinces, including the newly infected South Ubangi province in the northwest of the country. Shortages of trained staff, operational partners, and funding are creating bottlenecks in the Ebola response efforts, according to the World Health Organization.
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