New Ebola Outbreak Leaves 65 Dead as Officials Warn of Cross-Border Spread
A new Ebola outbreak in Congo has killed 65 people with 246 suspected cases as officials investigate which strain is driving the deadly spread.
TL;DR
- 65 deaths and 246 suspected cases recorded in Congo's Ituri province.
- Officials are investigating the specific strain of Ebola involved.
- Uganda confirmed one Ebola-related death of a Congolese man, imported from Congo.
- The outbreak is concentrated in an area near borders with Uganda and South Sudan, posing a regional risk.
- The Africa CDC and WHO are responding, with the WHO releasing emergency funding.
- Congo has stockpiles of treatments and some vaccine doses, but the vaccine is only effective against the Ebola Zaire strain.
- This is Congo's 17th recorded Ebola outbreak since 1976.