The historic epidemic has generated over 11,200 cases and claimed more than 5,500 lives across Central, East, and West Africa. Africa CDC officials report that over 80 percent of new infections emerge outside contact tracing lists, while most fatalities occur at home rather than in treatment facilities. Although the World Health Organization confirmed at least 3,000 recoveries and slowing transmission in initial hotspots, response operations are receiving less than half of pledged international funding.
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The current outbreak represents the second-largest and second-deadliest recorded Ebola ev…: The current outbreak represents the second-largest and second-deadliest recorded Ebola event, exhibiting the widest geographic footprint in African history.
Response teams face severe difficulties containing the rare Bundibugyo strain due to the…: Response teams face severe difficulties containing the rare Bundibugyo strain due to the lack of an approved vaccine or targeted treatment.
Clinical trials for two candidate vaccines are underway with initial evaluation results e…: Clinical trials for two candidate vaccines are underway with initial evaluation results expected to arrive in early 2027.
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‘If we don’t stop this outbreak now, it would be the worst Ebola outbreak,’ Africa CDC director says.
Africa’s top public health agency says the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is still not under control six months after it was declared.
“If we don’t stop this outbreak now, it would be the worst Ebola outbreak that the world will have,” Jean Kaseya, director-general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), told Reuters news agency on Sunday.
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Since the outbreak was announced on May 15, more than 11,200 cases and 5,500 deaths have been recorded, according to government data.
Kaseya said that more than “80 percent of new cases emerge outside contact lists and over 65 percent of deaths” have occurred in the community outside health centres.
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More than 11,000 cases have emerged across eight Congolese provinces and three neighboring countries, making this the most geographically widespread outbreak on record. Containment operations are severely undermined by active regional conflict, community-level fatalities, and over $700 million in missing response funding. With medical staff regularly striking over unpaid wages, public health experts project transmission will continue well into next year.