{"id":2499,"date":"2026-08-12T15:40:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2499"},"modified":"2026-08-12T15:40:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:40:01","slug":"who-says-congos-ebola-outbreak-is-on-track-to-eclipse-the-deadliest-one-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2499","title":{"rendered":"WHO says Congo\u2019s Ebola outbreak is on track to eclipse the deadliest one in history"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>GENEVA (AP) \u2014 The ongoing <span>Ebola<\/span> outbreak in Congo is on track to eclipse the deadliest one in history that killed over 11,000 people out of more than 28,000 cases, the head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2497\">Rescuers evacuate more than 200 from a ferry fire that left at least 1 dead near Bali<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt its current pace, it\u2019s on track to eclipse the West African Ebola outbreak of 2014 to 2016,\u201d Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>The outbreak in eastern Congo, considered the fastest-growing in history, has killed over 2,000 people out of more than 4,300 cases.<\/p>\n<p>The current outbreak was declared on May 15, but health authorities now say sequencing showed it began months earlier, in February. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2495\">Death toll rises to 44 after an overloaded ferry capsized on a Zimbabwe lake<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is unlike most previous Ebola outbreaks because the rare Bundibugyo virus responsible for it has no approved vaccines or treatments.<\/p>\n<p>Experts say the outbreak is moving faster than efforts to track and manage it in a remote part of eastern Congo facing ongoing conflict, near the borders with South Sudan, Uganda and Rwanda. Most of the new cases and deaths are still being reported in communities outside the reach of health workers.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2493\">Ex-Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, architect of growth, dies of illness at 97<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Health Organization warns that the Ebola outbreak in Congo is on track to surpass the deadliest one in history. The outbreak, which has killed over 2,000 people out of more than 4,300 cases, is considered the fastest growing in history. On Wednesday, WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said it could eclipse the West African Ebola outbreak of 2014 to 2016, which killed over 11,000 people. 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