Symbolic imageAfter Congolese authorities counted 3,532 confirmed cases and 1,556 deaths on Friday, the WHO said a day later that the outbreak, running since May, is still spreading and current containment efforts are not enough.
An Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 1,500 people in just over two months, according to official figures reported on Thursday, 30 July. By that count it is the second-deadliest Ebola outbreak on record and the fastest-killing one yet documented. The response is running into open hostility on the ground: arsonists have attacked at least a dozen treatment facilities. Misinformation about the disease and about the treatment effort is spreading alongside the epidemic.
The WHO said on Saturday that the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo, running since May, is still spreading and that current containment efforts are not enough. More than 3,500 infections have been confirmed.
Congolese authorities reported 3,532 confirmed Ebola cases and 1,556 deaths on Friday, making the outbreak the second-largest ever recorded. The UN calls it the fastest-escalating Ebola crisis it has seen.
More than 1,500 people have died of Ebola in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in just over two months, according to official figures reported on Thursday. That makes it the second-deadliest outbreak on record and the fastest-killing ever documented. Arsonists have attacked at least a dozen treatment facilities as misinformation spreads.