Congo, Uganda Report 263 Ebola Cases and 43 Deaths as Bundibugyo Outbreak Outpaces Response
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Updated · Reuters · May 31
Congo, Uganda Report 263 Ebola Cases and 43 Deaths as Bundibugyo Outbreak Outpaces Response
5 articles · Updated · Reuters · May 31
263 confirmed Ebola cases and 43 deaths had been recorded in Congo and Uganda by May 30, Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya said, with more than 1,100 suspected cases still under investigation.
The outbreak is being driven by the rare Bundibugyo strain, and Kaseya said the spread has outpaced the global response after transmission went undetected for weeks.
Health officials and aid workers say frontline teams lack basic supplies such as masks, underscoring calls to rapidly activate national incident systems and make preparedness funding permanent.
The Democratic Republic of Congo is facing its 17th Ebola outbreak and its third-largest since the virus was identified, while the WHO has declared the Congo-Uganda outbreak a public health emergency of international concern.
With no approved vaccine for this rare Ebola strain, can a medical breakthrough arrive before the outbreak spirals out of control?
If the emergency declaration was the fastest ever, why is the Ebola outbreak still spreading faster than the response on the ground?