Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in Congo highlights challenge of containing rare strain | Africanews

Nita Bharti, associate professor of biology at Penn State, studies Ebola and says the death toll is probably much higher than we currently believe because it took longer to identify the outbreak and that allowed it to spread faster.

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Red Cross workers carry the body of a person who died of Ebola into a coffin at a health center in Rwampara, Congo, Wednesday, May 20, 2026

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Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in Congo highlights challenge of containing rare strain | Africanews

Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in Congo highlights challenge of containing rare strain | Africanews

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