Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed more than 4,000, government data shows
Authorities say 4,018 people have died from 8,300 confirmed cases as insecurity and mistrust slow containment efforts.
- Government data released Friday confirmed 4,018 deaths among 8,300 cases, pushing the death toll in The Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ebola outbreak past 4,000.
- Driven by the rare Bundibugyo virus, this represents the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history, with no known treatment or vaccine available to stem the tide.
- Tensions turned violent last Sunday when Marie-Célestin Karondwa, a local official with the Union for Democracy and Social Progress party, was killed in Butembo.
- The World Health Organization reports that containment efforts are struggling as the virus spreads into new health zones, hampered by widespread mistrust among residents.
- This 17th Ebola outbreak in the Central African nation is currently the second-deadliest in history, trailing the 2014-2016 West African Ebola epidemic that killed more than 11,000.
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The DRC faces the worst Ebola outbreak in its history, which in a few months has become the deadliest ever recorded in this vast country in Central Africa. To date, 8,300 cases have been recorded, of which 4,018 have died, representing a lethality rate of 48.4 per cent, according to the latest data from the authorities.The outbreak began in Ituri province, in the north-east, and is caused by the Bundibugyo virus, against which there is no approv…
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