Ebola outbreak spreading across area larger than France as death toll passes 2,500

Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleOver 2,500 lives have been claimed (AP)A senior United Nations official has warned that the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo is expanding exponentially across an area larger than France, having already claimed more than 2,500 lives. Julien Harneis, the UN Ebola coordinator, issued an urgent appeal for additional funding, warning that financial reserves will be depleted within weeks amid three decades of regional conflict. The outbreak is the largest in the country's history by case numbers and is caused by the Bundibugyo species of the virus, for which no approved treatments or vaccines currently exist. Frontline response efforts are being severely hampered by local hostility, with health workers facing over 260 violent incidents in the past six months driven by fear, conspiracy theories, and strict burial protocols. Humanitarian operations face further disruption from recent international aid cuts and logistical obstacles in delivering physical cash to pay tens of thousands of local response personnel. In fullCongo’s Ebola crisis deepens as deaths pass 2,500 and health workers are attackedMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

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