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Ebola Spreads Rapidly with High Death Toll in Congo
The Ebola epidemic has claimed the lives of 2,011 people out of 4,381 confirmed cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with the current outbreak approaching the scale of the previous one between 2018 and 2020, which resulted in approximately 2,300 deaths out of 3,500 cases. This is the thirteenth outbreak of the virus and is characterized as a rare "Bundibugyo" strain, for which there are no approved vaccines or treatments to date. It is considered one of the most severe Ebola waves the country has experienced. Current recommendations include evaluating the "Ervebo" vaccine through clinical trials, given the lack of effective treatments for the current strain of the virus.
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