{"id":947069,"date":"2026-10-31T02:24:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T02:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/947069\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T02:24:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T02:24:27","slug":"congo-ebola-outbreak-death-toll-reaches-more-than-5000-muswellbrook-chronicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/947069\/","title":{"rendered":"Congo Ebola outbreak death toll reaches more than 5000 | Muswellbrook Chronicle"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TheThe Ebola outbreak in Congo has \u200binfected more than 10,000 people since it was declared in May. Photo: AP PHOTO<\/p>\n

The death toll from the \u200cEbola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo has surpassed 5000, government \u200cdata shows, as authorities are yet \u200cto find a way to control the country’s deadliest Ebola epidemic on record.<\/p>\n

There are no approved treatments or vaccines to combat the rare Bundibugyo virus species, which \u200cis behind \u200cthe \u2060outbreak in the Central African country.<\/p>\n

It has \u200binfected more than 10,000 people since it was declared in May.<\/p>\n

\"Congo'sCongo’s outbreak of Ebola is the world’s second-largest on record. (AP PHOTO)<\/p>\n

Delayed detection, conflict and strained health services have helped the virus spread more rapidly than in \u2060previous outbreaks.<\/p>\n

Eight of Congo’s \u200c26 \u200bprovinces have been affected, with many deaths occurring outside \u200btreatment centres.<\/p>\n

This \u200cyear’s outbreak is the world’s second-largest ever, behind \u200bonly the 2014-2016 one that infected over 28,600 people and killed more than 11,000 across \u200bGuinea, \u200bLiberia and Sierra Leone.<\/p>\n

Last \u200bweek, Nigeria became the \u200cfourth African country to report an Ebola case, extending the outbreak’s geographic spread to West Africa.<\/p>\n

East African countries Kenya and Uganda have also reported cases.<\/p>\n

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