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

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

DAKAR, Aug 13 - Democratic Republic of Congo health authorities have identified a person who has died from Ebola in a province not previously affected by the ongoing outbreak, an official told Reuters, raising fears of wider transmission from multiple exposures before and after the patient's death.

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.

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.

Congo’s Ebola outbreak is on track to surpass the deadliest one in history, WHO chief says  AP News

Outbreak to eclipse West Africa's Ebola outbreak of 2014 to 2016 if it continues at current pace, WHO chief says.

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

The outbreak in the east of the country has killed more than 2,000 people.

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

The revelation raises the likelihood that the latest Ebola outbreak’s true scale is far larger than previously thought.

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.

DRC Ebola cases surpass 4,000 as officials warn of fastest spreading outbreak on record  thenationalnews.com

The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the 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.

Congo says 2,000 people have died in history’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak  edition.cnn.com

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.

Congo Ebola deaths surpass 2,000 as spread shows no sign of slowing  Reuters

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.

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.

The Ebola outbreak, which has hit the DRC's conflict-plagued eastern and northeastern regions, was declared on May 15 but is thought to have already been spreading for several weeks.

The Ebola outbreak, which has hit the DRC's conflict-plagued eastern and northeastern regions, was declared on May 15 but is thought to have already been spreading for several weeks.

AT LEAST 2,000 people have died of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), whose current outbreak of the disease is the fastest growing on record, according to government data published today. The figures show a total of 4,381 confirmed cases, including 2,011 deaths. A total of 704 patients are in isolation. T

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

At least 2,000 people have died among the confirmed cases in Congo's Ebola outbreak that is the fastest spreading on record, according to the latest government data.

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

There have been 4,381 cases and 2,011 deaths with 704 patients in isolation

The World Health Organization says the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak started in February, months before it was officially declared in May.

The fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record started in February, months before it was officially declared in mid-May, the World Health Organization said on Monday, as responders in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) struggle to catch up. The WHO regional director for Africa, Mohamed Yakub Janabi, told a press

The shift comes as confirmed cases climbed to 4,209 and deaths totaled 1,916, pushing the outbreak's crude case-fatality ratio to 45.5%.