What to Know About the Ebola Outbreak Centered in Congo
The outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo was declared 100 days ago and is spreading faster than any on record, officials said. Reported from Bunia in the Democratic Republic of Congo More than 2,500 people have died in an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the fastest-spreading outbreak of the virus ever recorded, according to health officials. The outbreak, Congo’s 17th in recent decades, has tested the country’s resources. Aid cuts, including the closure last year of the U.S. Agency for International Development, have hampered the international response.