The number of confirmed Ebola cases in \u200bDemocratic Republic of Congo has surpassed \u200c11,000, government data showed on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Confirmed infections now total 11,042, and 5,387 people have died, \u200bthe data showed.<\/p>\n
The outbreak, caused \u200bby the rare Bundibugyo species of the \u2060Ebola virus, was declared in mid-May. \u200bThere are no approved treatments or vaccines \u200bfor this species.<\/p>\n
It is the second-largest and deadliest outbreak on record behind only the 2014-2016 West \u200bAfrican outbreak, which infected more than \u200b28,600 people and killed more than 11,000.<\/p>\n
Eight of \u200cCongo’s \u206026 provinces have been affected, and many deaths have occurred outside treatment centres.<\/p>\n
Delayed detection, conflict and strained health services have \u200bled to \u200ba more \u2060rapid spread of the virus than in previous outbreaks.<\/p>\n
The disease \u200bhas now been reported in East, \u200bCentral \u2060and West Africa, giving it the widest geographic spread of any Ebola outbreak on the \u2060continent \u200bto date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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