Ebola outbreak in DR Congo: One death every 30 minutes

The Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo is now the second-largest on record, with more than 2,100 deaths and the virus spreading to a sixth province. Health workers are struggling to contain the rapidly growing outbreak amid community resistance, misinformation, unpaid staff strikes and threats from rebel groups.

The DRC has reported 4,665 confirmed Ebola cases and 2,184 deaths. The outbreak has reached a sixth province and no vaccine is approved for the strain.

The United Nations says the epidemic is spreading at its fastest pace on record and threatens to become the deadliest outbreak in the disease's history.

The United Nations says the epidemic is spreading at its fastest pace on record and threatens to become the deadliest outbreak in the disease's history.

The Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – the fastest-growing on record and on track to become the deadliest – is killing one person every 30 minutes.

The health authorities have identified a person who has died from Ebola in Buta, the provincial capital.

More than 2,000 people have been killed so far, almost three times the number that had died at this point during the worst Ebola outbreak before now over a decade ago.

The Ebola outbreak has killed more than 2,128 people so far.

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.

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

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 Ebola outbreak has spread to a new province in Congo, the head of Africa CDC says  Toronto Star

The Ebola outbreak has spread to a new province in Congo, the head of Africa CDC says  AP News

The Ebola outbreak has spread to a new province in Congo, the head of Africa CDC says

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.

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

Congo’s current epidemic is on track to eclipse the West African Ebola outbreak of 2014 to 2016

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