TOUS 4647 RDC Ebola devient l epidemie la plus meurtriere de l histoire du pays

The Ebola epidemic currently raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo has just surpassed the death toll of the previous outbreak, which claimed 2,299 lives between 2018 and 2020. According to the latest figures, 2,325 people have died out of 4,945 confirmed cases, making this the deadliest health crisis ever recorded in the DRC. Officially declared in May, the epidemic is spreading particularly rapidly in the east of the country. It is caused by the Bundibugyo strain, for which no vaccine or treatment is currently approved. Difficulties accessing healthcare, diagnostic delays, and instability in certain regions are severely complicating the fight against the virus.