The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo has surpassed 3,200 cases. Aid organizations warn that in just 10 weeks, the outbreak has nearly matched the cases of the 2018-2020 outbreak considered the largest ever in Congo.

The case count climbed to 3,200 on Saturday from 2,344 a week earlier, while the death toll has almost doubled in the past two weeks to 1,405. | World News

The central African nation is battling its latest Ebola epidemic in the conflict-ridden east, a region scarred by decades of violence.