Browsing: Bundibugyo virus

WHO incident manager Thierno Baldé emphasized that the three-month containment timeline hinges on securing the necessary resources for the response. The agency has received approximately $69.3 million of the $115 million it estimates it needs, or about 60%. Over the past two weeks, teams have added more than 400 treatment beds, deployed 100 additional epidemiologists, and mobilized over 500 community health workers for surveillance and contact tracing efforts. The response also requires vehicles, ambulances, medical supplies, and personnel across an expanding affected area. The virus transmission has now reached Bas-Uélé, making it the sixth affected province.

DR Congo confirmed 1,307 Ebola cases and 377 deaths as the Bundibugyo outbreak spread across three eastern provinces while testing guides care.

DR Congo’s Ebola outbreak has reached 1,048 confirmed cases and 267 deaths, with eastern provinces and Uganda tied to the response.

Ebola cases in eastern Congo have climbed to 896, with officials reporting 232 deaths and wider spread across 33 health zones.

DR Congo reports 689 confirmed Ebola cases as WHO warns that Bundibugyo virus transmission remains active across eastern provinces.

DR Congo has confirmed 598 Ebola cases and 115 deaths as health teams respond across eastern provinces hit by Bundibugyo virus.

WHO reports 507 confirmed Ebola cases and 88 deaths across Congo and Uganda as Bundibugyo virus response efforts continue.

WHO says Congo Ebola response is advancing as testing improves, but contact tracing, insecurity and supply strains slow control efforts.

Uganda confirmed six new Ebola cases, raising the outbreak total to 15 as health teams trace contacts and care for admitted patients.

Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo rose to 282, with Ituri accounting for most confirmed infections in the eastern outbreak.