Thursday, 18 June 2026

DRC’s Ebola outbreak may be worst ever, Africa CDC says

 

Reuters —  
The head of Africa’s Centres for Disease ​Control and Prevention warned that the Ebola outbreak in Congo could be the worst ever, saying on Tuesday that it could cost billions of dollars to contain later if critical weaknesses in the response are not addressed quickly.

More than 830 cases of the rare Bundibugyo strain, for which there is no proven treatment or vaccine, have been confirmed in Congo, 196 of them fatal. The disease, transmitted through body fluids even after death, is spreading fast across three provinces in the Democratic Republic of Congo, government data shows.

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