Deaths From the Ebola Outbreak in Congo Exceed 4,000
Doctors Without Borders described the outbreak as spreading like ‘wildfire’ in North Kivu.
TL;DR
- Confirmed deaths in Congo's Ebola outbreak exceed 4,000.
- Over 8,300 people have contracted the disease, with more than 2,000 recoveries.
- The virus is spreading rapidly in North Kivu province, described as 'wildfire' by Doctors Without Borders.
- This outbreak is the deadliest in Congo's history, surpassing the 2018-2020 epidemic.
- It is the second deadliest Ebola epidemic in Africa, after the 2014-2016 West African outbreak.