Death toll tops 1,500 in fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history, Congo says

The fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history has killed more than 1,500 people in eastern Congo, according to official data released Thursday, a 50% spike in around a week that shows the outbreak continues to outpace response efforts.

The fastest-growing recorded Ebola outbreak has killed over 1,500 people in eastern Congo

The fastest-growing recorded Ebola outbreak has killed over 1,500 people in eastern Congo.

The outbreak, which was declared on May 15, has been linked to the Bundibugyo virus, for which there is no approved vaccines or treatments.

The fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history has killed over 1,500 people in eastern Congo

The measures include asset freezes, travel bans, and restrictions on supplying weapons and military equipment to them.

BUNIA, Congo (AP) — The fastest growing Ebola outbreak ever recorded is leaving thousands more people hungry in eastern Congo, a region engulfed in conflicts and a fight over precious minerals, the head of the UN food agency warned Wednesday. The World Food Program’s acting executive director, Carl Skau, told The Assoc

Authorities in Uganda declared the East Africa nation free of Ebola on Tuesday following the discharge of the country's last patient in mid-June, a delicate milestone as the virus continues to plague neighboring Congo.

The fastest growing Ebola outbreak is worsening hunger in eastern Congo, a UN agency chief warns  AP News

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The ongoing outbreak, is unlike most previous Ebola outbreaks because the Bundibugyo virus responsible for it has no approved vaccines or treatments.

Confirmed cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s ongoing Ebola outbreak reached 3,262, its ministry of health said in an overnight update, nearly the same as the 2018-2020 outbreak that is the largest ever recorded in the country. Data from the Congolese health ministry showed that 1,437 patients have died out of

Ebola cases in DR Congo have reached 3,262 - making it the 'fastest outbreak on record', according to officials.

Ebola cases in Congo top 3,200, nearing record of the country’s worst outbreak  Toronto Star

Healthcare workers at an Ebola treatment centre in Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo, have gone on strike.

The report, which covers data up to Saturday, showed that 571 patients have recovered, while 773 others remain in isolation and under medical supervision

The latest figures highlight the scale of the epidemic, though expanded surveillance and retrospective case finding have also contributed to the rapid rise in reported infections.

The case count climbed to 3,200 on Saturday from 2,344 a week earlier, while the death toll has almost doubled in the past two weeks to 1,405.

HEALTH workers at an Ebola treatment centre in eastern Congo went on strike on Saturday, demanding owed pay. The walkout disrupted care for patients at the epicentre of the country’s rapidly growing outbreak. The number of confirmed cases of Ebola in Congo has reached 2,973, including 1,309 deaths, according to governm

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Congo says number of confirmed Ebola cases surpasses 3,000  Reuters