Overview
- The Democratic Republic of Congo reported Saturday that the outbreak has 2,344 confirmed cases and about 930 deaths, with one of the largest single‑day death totals recorded in the prior 24 hours.
- WHO says the epidemic is the fastest‑growing on record and has become the third‑largest Ebola event, warning that more than 80% of newly identified infections are not linked to known contacts.
- At least a dozen attacks on health teams, strikes by unpaid staff and the relocation of responders from remote hot spots have reduced access to patients and disrupted surveillance and safe burials.
- There is no licensed vaccine or strain‑specific treatment for the Bundibugyo virus driving the outbreak, though randomized trials of experimental monoclonal antibodies and remdesivir have begun and diagnostics and lab capacity are expanding.
- Response capacity has grown to more than 800 treatment beds and roughly 16 laboratories, but many centres are overcrowded and the WHO–Africa CDC plan faces a funding gap of over $400 million that limits scale‑up and regional preparedness.