Ebola outbreak in Congo could be deadliest ever, global health chief warns

Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization, is warning that the Ebola outbreak in Congo could be the deadliest ever. CBS News' Ramy Inoncencio reports.

Congo’s Ebola outbreak has spread to a sixth province, after a death was recorded in the previously unaffected Bas-Uele province, Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya said Thursday.

The current outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo is on track to surpass the deadliest outbreak of the disease ever, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.

Ebola outbreak has killed 2,128 people out of around 4,566 recorded cases in the DRC, according to government figures.

Congo’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak reaches a sixth province  AP News

The epidemic, already the deadliest in the country's history, is spreading faster than any previous Ebola outbreak, the World Health Organization has warned.

The epidemic, already the deadliest in the country's history, is spreading faster than any previous Ebola outbreak, the World Health Organization has warned.

Congo’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak reaches a sixth province  Toronto Star

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak has spread to a sixth province after a death was recorded in the previously unaffected Bas-Uele province, Africa CDC director-general Jean Kaseya said.Mr Kaseya said the man had travelled from Isiro in Haut-Uele province to Buta, the capital of Bas-Uele, where he died.T

Congo’s Fastest-Growing Ebola Outbreak Reaches A New Province  HuffPost

Congo's Ebola outbreak has spread to a sixth province, after a death was recorded in the previously unaffected Bas-Uele province, Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya said Thursday.

Congo's Ebola outbreak has spread to a sixth province, with a death recorded in Bas-Uele

Ashanom Ghebreyesus - director general of the World Health Organisation (WHO) - has warned the outbreak is "already the second-biggest Ebola epidemic on record"

THE current outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is heading towards becoming the deadliest ever, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday. The director-general of the WHO, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, told reporters that the current outbreak could “eclipse” the death toll of the 20

DRC has recorded 4,449 confirmed cases and 2,061 deaths across five provinces and 53 health zones.

[RFI] The latest outbreak of Ebola has killed more than 2,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to health authorities. Meanwhile, international efforts have been stepped up to test a vaccine for the highly contagious haemorrhagic fever.

“At its current pace, it’s on track to eclipse the West African Ebola outbreak of 2014 to 2016,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters on Wednesday.

The outbreak, declared on 15 May, has caused more than 2,000 deaths, with thousands more reported cases.

Current outbreak has killed more than 2,000 people.

The ongoing Ebola outbreak in Congo is on track to surpass the deadliest one in history, which erupted over a decade ago and killed over 11,000 people, the head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday.

The World Health Organization warned Wednesday that an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is rapidly accelerating, with officials cautioning that it could surpass the devastating West African outbreak a decade ago. The WHO said the outbreak in eastern Congo has killed more than 2,000 people among more t

As the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo continues to spread at an alarming rate, WHO warns the true scale of the epidemic could be up to four times larger

The rare Bundibugyo virus responsible for this current outbreak has no approved vaccines or treatments

Health officials say misinformation and delayed treatment continue to fuel the outbreak.

More than 2,000 people have now died from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The outbreak is the second-largest ever and shows no signs of slowing.

Congo says 2,000 people have died in history’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak  CNN

The current outbreak was declared on May 15, but health authorities now say sequencing showed it began months earlier, in February.

Congo's Ebola Epidemic Began With A Fresh Jump From An Animal. Dating It Will Take More Genomes  Forbes

Authorities in the DRC say the Ebola virus is killing faster than any outbreak on record. Scientists say it began sooner than thought, may have been transmitted from animals to humans and is gaining momentum.

Government data published overnight into Tuesday showed the outbreak has recorded a total of 4,381 confirmed cases, including 2,011 deaths.

The latest Ebola outbreak in DR Congo has claimed over 2,000 lives, nearing the country’s deadliest. Learn about the spread, response, and vaccine efforts.

DAKAR, Aug 11 - The ongoing Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo concerns a previously unseen variant of the rare Bundibugyo species of the virus, indicating it stemmed from a new transmission from animals to humans rather than from variants linked to earlier outbreaks, a new study said.

Ebola has killed more than 2,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the latest outbreak, which is nearing the country's deadliest ever.

Clinical trial of the Zaire Ebolavirus vaccine Ervebo to be investigated against the current Bundibugyo strain.

Congo's Ebola outbreak has recorded at least 2,000 deaths among confirmed cases, the fastest growing on record