The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday published an overview of new data documenting the rapid spread of the current Ebola outbreak in Congo.
Democratic Republic of Congo Ministry of Health data documenting cases traced between May 15 and July 19 shows that 2,473 people in Congo and neighboring Uganda have been infected by the latest Bundibugyo strain of the virus, with 999 documented deaths.
The spread — the fastest ever recorded for Ebola — has continued unabated as no vaccines or treatments exist for this new strain of the virus.
Until now, the deadliest outbreak — which raged from 2013 to 2016 and infected 28,000 people, 11,000 of whom died — took some eight months to reach the grim 1,000 death mark.
Ebola spreading faster than officials can track
