Shafaqna English– The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has reached a grim milestone. More than 4,000 people have died. Government data released on Friday confirmed the figure. This is now the worst epidemic in the country’s history. What makes it worse? It keeps resisting efforts to contain it. In other words, the outbreak is not slowing down — it is still spreading.
This outbreak has a specific cause: the Bundibugyo species of Ebola. That detail matters. It helped the outbreak become the largest and deadliest in Congo’s history. It also surpassed the 2018-2020 epidemic, which had held the previous record. So this is not just another outbreak — it is a record-breaking one in both scale and lethality.
Source: Reuters