The Ebola outbreak in the DRC

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1. 

   Sasisho 1215 Sep 11:56 UTCBaada ya siku 17

   3,000 Dead and No Vaccine: Ebola Outruns Help in Eastern Congo

   In Mangualu, a new-strain Ebola outbreak has killed more than 3,000 with no vaccine to stop it, while miners move, militias block roads, and fear turns on health workers.

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   • No independently verified case count, exact start date in May, specific strain identity, or location of the surge 40 kilometers away.
   • Which militias control blocked villages and what funding shortfalls limit staffing and supplies.
2. 

   Sasisho 1129 Ago 11:37 UTCBaada ya siku 6

   Ebola Spreads to 60 Zones as Vaccine's Match Questioned

   Congo's Ebola outbreak hit 60 health zones as medics began compassionate use of a Zaire-strain vaccine against Bundibugyo — unproven against the strain driving nearly 3,000 deaths.

   Bado haijajibiwa baada ya ripoti hii

   • The true infection and death tolls amid access limits, and when trial data will establish efficacy against Bundibugyo.
3. 

   Sasisho 1023 Ago 16:48 UTCBaada ya saa 36

   16,000 Ebola Doses Land in Congo — For the Wrong Strain

   Congo received 16,250 doses of a Zaire-strain Ebola vaccine to fight a Bundibugyo outbreak with no licensed shot or cure — a stopgap of uncertain strength as deaths mount and most infections go undetected.

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   • No verified verbatim quotations from WHO or DRC officials in provided sources; exact wording of authorizations is missing.
   • Whether Ervebo provides any meaningful human protection against Bundibugyo.
   • Exact current case and death totals amid rapidly moving and disagreeing snapshots.
4. 

   Sasisho 922 Ago 04:38 UTCBaada ya siku 3

   Congo Ebola Deaths Double Pace as Outbreak Outruns Response

   More than 2,500 dead by late August — half in 20 days — in what agencies call history's fastest Ebola outbreak, with no matched vaccine and response funds nearing exhaustion.

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   • No verified total infection count, fatality rate, or detailed funding timeline has been made public.
   • No confirmed end to exponential growth; AP and WHO warnings say it had not peaked.
5. 

   Sasisho 819 Ago 15:30 UTCBaada ya siku 4

   Congo Ebola Nears 5,000 Cases as Attack Cripples Response Teams

   Congo's Ebola outbreak has passed 5,000 cases and 2,300 deaths, centered in Ituri, as attacks on health workers and mistrust leave access — not medicine — as the limit.

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   • Whether specific mid-August attacks in Aru and Mambasa territory occurred as described in early video narration, with exact numbers of ambulances, injuries, killings and abductions.
   • The full extent of geographic spread beyond Ituri and the true infection toll given delayed detection and limited access.
6. 

   Sasisho 716 Ago 01:04 UTCBaada ya saa 22

   Congo Ebola Is Now the Deadliest in Its History — and Still Growing

   With 2,325 dead and 4,945 cases, Congo's Bundibugyo outbreak has passed its own national record and is now the world's second-largest — spreading faster than anything the country has contained before.

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   • No independently confirmed figures for Ituri's share of cases and deaths, treatment bed capacity, or contact-tracing coverage.
   • No verified endpoint for geographic spread or final fatality rate as case counts continue to move.
7. 

   Sasisho 615 Ago 02:37 UTCBaada ya siku 4

   Congo Ebola Surges Past 4,600 Cases at Record Pace

   More than 4,600 cases and 2,100 deaths by mid-August made this Bundibugyo-strain outbreak the fastest on record — and WHO warns it could eclipse West Africa.

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   • The precise current chain of transmission across all six provinces and whether urban transmission has begun in Kinshasa.
   • Whether experimental vaccines, treatments, or scaled diagnostic and staffing support will arrive in time to change the trajectory.
8. 

   Sasisho 511 Ago 09:54 UTCBaada ya siku 3

   Ebola Spread Unseen for Months as Congo Deaths Pass 2,000

   WHO sequencing pushes Congo's Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak back to February, months before its mid-May recognition, as deaths pass 2,000.

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   • No verified total for confirmed cases in the early undetected months.
   • No verified trial design, enrollment, or results for cross-strain vaccine use.
9. 

   Sasisho 48 Ago 01:08 UTCBaada ya saa 11

   DRC Ebola Surpasses 4,000 Cases as Virus Spreads to Five Provinces

   Congo's Bundibugyo-strain outbreak hit 4,053 cases and 1,850 deaths, with WHO warning it is outrunning containment and a riverboat scare bringing the threat toward Kinshasa.

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   • No verified full scope of community transmission outside Ituri's 86.9 percent share.
   • No confirmed outcome yet for the 300-plus riverboat contacts screened near Kinshasa.
10. 

    Sasisho 37 Ago 14:09 UTCBaada ya siku 2

    Unpaid for Three Months as Ebola Deaths Pass 1,800

    Wiza Bondele has disinfected Ebola wards in Ituri without pay since May as deaths passed 1,800 and the WHO says the virus is outrunning containment.

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    • No verified total confirmed case count is visible in the provided excerpts.
    • No verified official explanation, named ministerial commitment, or confirmed partial-payment timeline is visible in the provided excerpts.
11. 

    Sasisho 25 Ago 12:14 UTCBaada ya siku 14

    Congo Opens Biggest Ebola Centre as Record Outbreak Nears 4,000 Cases

    More than 1,700 dead and nearly 4,000 cases have made this Congo's largest Ebola outbreak — and Bunia's 100-bed centre its largest response.

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    • No public breakdown of confirmed versus suspected beds has been specified in the sources.
    • No source names the virus strain or describes vaccine and treatment availability.
    • Whether the centre filled on opening day remains unreported.
12. 

    Sasisho 122 Jul 22:57 UTC

    1,000 Dead: DRC's Ebola Surge Outruns Any on Record

    A Bundibugyo outbreak with no approved vaccine kills faster than West Africa's, while contact tracers lose the trail on most new infections.

    Bado haijajibiwa baada ya ripoti hii

    • Whether Uganda has now gone three full weeks without a new case or discharged its last patient.
    • Whether Dr. Jean Kaseya has formally written to US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Uganda travel restrictions.