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Congo Ebola Cases Exceed 5000
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has recorded over 5,000 Ebola cases in its seventeenth outbreak, which is the largest in the country's history in terms of the number of infections, with the death toll exceeding 2,378 as of the beginning of this week. The current outbreak is caused by the Bundibugyo strain, for which there are no approved vaccines or treatments. The situation has been worsened by weak healthcare infrastructure, public resistance to safety measures, and social unrest. The outbreak has further deteriorated due to limited community awareness of the disease’s symptoms, with 579 new cases and 304 deaths recorded last week, despite ongoing efforts to contain the epidemic.
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