Ebola spreads in DRC with 2786 deaths

The Ebola virus continues to spread in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with two new areas in North Kivu Province being declared as affected regions, bringing the total to 60. Data confirm that the number of cases has reached 5,794, including 2,786 deaths, with a mortality rate exceeding 48% due to delayed response efforts, reflecting the rapid spread of the outbreak and the sluggishness of contact tracing efforts. Authorities have launched vaccination campaigns targeting healthcare workers with the "Ervebo" vaccine in an attempt to contain the outbreak. At the same time, international warnings are escalating, indicating that the crisis is currently out of control and that the epidemic could surpass the figures of West Africa's outbreaks in 2014-2016, which claimed over 11,000 lives.

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