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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.

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has become the deadliest in the country’s history. Government data indicated 4,945 confirmed cases and 2,325 deaths as of Aug. 16. Over the past 24 hours, health officials reported 101 new confirmed cases. The death toll has now exceeded the 2,299 fatalities documented during the Ebola outbreak from 2018 to 2020.

As of August 7, the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo has resulted in 1,916 fatalities and 4,209 confirmed infections. The epidemic remains centered in Ituri, with North Kivu and Haut Uele also reporting cases and deaths. Response efforts by the Congolese Ministry of Health include surveillance, testing, isolation, contact tracing, and clinical treatment. No approved vaccine or treatment exists for the Bundibugyo virus, making supportive care and close clinical observation the primary methods of medical management. Uganda has also reported cases of the virus, prompting continued monitoring and research initiatives.

DR Congo expands its Ebola response as cases rise across five affected provinces. The outbreak now affects 49 health zones across Ituri, North Kivu, South Kivu, Haut-Uélé, and Tshopo. During the latest seven-day period, active transmission was confirmed in 33 zones, with a total of 641 cases and 282 deaths. Ituri remains the epicenter, accounting for 3,176 infections, which represents 88% of the national total. Bunia experienced the highest number of cases, with significant figures also reported in Rwampara, Mongbwalu, Nizi, Lita, and Nyankunde, as health teams expanded efforts in contact tracing and testing.

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

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

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus backs Congo’s Ebola response as Bundibugyo cases rise and cross border monitoring expands regionally.

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus backs Congo’s Ebola response as Bundibugyo cases rise and cross border monitoring expands regionally.

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