The Ebola Bundibugyo virus has spread into displacement camps in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN refugee agency UNHCR reported on August 6, infecting 19 internally displaced people and killing five; UN News described agencies as on high alert as the outbreak, which has no approved vaccine or treatment, reaches populations already displaced by conflict
The World Health Organization called on August 4 for increased international support to tackle the Bundibugyo strain Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has become the largest ever recorded in the country since being declared less than three months ago; UN agencies reported they were scaling up treatment centres, surveillance and field deployment, while no approved vaccine or treatment exists for the Bundibugyo strain
The United Nations announced on August 3 that new UN-backed centres had opened in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to serve the [[ebola-bundibugyo-drc-pheic-2026|Bundibugyo strain Ebola outbreak]], as confirmed cases continued rising sharply; health authorities note there is no approved treatment or vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain, leaving the response dependent entirely on isolation, contact tracing and supportive care
The Bundibugyo strain Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo passed 1,500 deaths and 3,500 confirmed cases by July 31, making it the second-largest Ebola outbreak in recorded history after the 2014-16 West Africa epidemic; contact tracing is now missing four in five new cases, according to TechTimes, meaning the surveillance system has effectively lost sight of the chain of transmission
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo reached 3,200 confirmed cases and 1,405 deaths as of July 27, with the WHO reporting that cases rose by roughly 1,000 in just 10 days; the outbreak, concentrated in Ituri province, has now spread across five provinces, and experts warn it may continue for months
Al Jazeera reported on July 20 that the Ebola death toll in the Democratic Republic of Congo has surged to at least 930, with 37 new deaths recorded over a single weekend; the Bundibugyo virus strain has now spread faster than any previous Ebola outbreak in the DRC
The Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo surpassed 2,000 confirmed cases by July 15, with the World Health Organization warning on July 14 that a majority of new infections now come from unknown chains of transmission, signalling a loss of contact-tracing control.
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African health authorities declared Thursday that the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has now killed more than 600 people and is spreading faster than any previous outbreak on record; the WHO puts the case fatality rate at 34%, and health officials say the virus is outpacing the response
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