The Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak has surpassed 1,000 deaths with over 3,000 confirmed cases since May 2026, marking the fastest Ebola outbreak on record. Health workers have gone on strike amid the ongoing crisis.
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More than 1,000 people have died in the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to Africa’s top health body, a grim toll in the fastest Ebola outbreak in history, as conflict, community resistance and an uneven response fuel its spread. Speaking at a health summit in Ghana on Wednesday, Dr Jean Kaseya, director general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention,
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has recorded more than 3,000 confirmed cases of Ebola, as it continues to battle the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease in history.
[RFI] The death toll from an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has climbed to 1,405, with confirmed cases now at 3,200, government data showed Sunday, as researchers race to develop a vaccine.
Confirmed cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s ongoing Ebola outbreak reached 3,262, its ministry of health said in an overnight update, nearly the same as the 2018-2020 outbreak that is the largest ever recorded in the country. Data from the Congolese health ministry showed that 1,437 patients have died out of the 3,262 cases, in what officials have said is the fastest Ebola outbreak on re
apnews.com/article/cong... The fastest-growing recorded Ebola outbreak has killed over 1,500 people in eastern Congo. Official data released on Thursday showed a 50% spike in deaths in about a week.