DR Congo Ebola cases pass 11,000, with at least 5,387 deaths

Government data in the Democratic Republic of the Congo show 11,042 confirmed Ebola cases and at least 5,387 deaths, the country’s largest outbreak on record and the second-largest globally after the 2014–2016 West African epidemic, Al Jazeera and Reuters report.

The outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain, which kills about half of those it infects, has reached eight of the country’s 26 provinces, with cases reported in East, Central and West Africa. There is no vaccine or treatment designed for this strain; earlier this month the WHO approved clinical trials of two new Ebola vaccines, with results expected in early 2027.