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(AP Photo/Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne) BUNIA, Congo (AP) — over 1,000 individuals have died in the Ebola outbreak in Congo, as documented by Africa’s top health body, a grim toll in the fastest Ebola outbreak in history, as conflict, community resistance and an uneven response fuel its spread. Speaking at a health summit in Ghana on Wednesday, Dr.

(AP Photo/Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne) Health workers disinfects an ambulance at Ebola Treatment Center at Bunia General Hospital in Ituri, Congo, Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne) A health worker, wearing protective gear, stands outside the Ebola Treatment Center at the Bunia General Hospital in Ituri, Congo, Wednesday, July 22, 2026.

Health workers disinfect a coffin of an Ebola victim at Ebola Treatment Center at Bunia General Hospital in Ituri, Congo, Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne) Residence watch as health workers carry a coffin of an Ebola victim at Ebola Treatment Center at Bunia General Hospital in Ituri, Congo, Wednesday, July 22, 2026.

The outbreak, which was declared on May 15, is unlike most previous Ebola outbreaks because the Bundibugyo virus responsible for it has no approved vaccines or treatments. It has additionally killed more individuals at a faster rate than any outbreak on record, including the 2013-2016 West Africa outbreak.

Over 1,000 individuals have died from the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo, as documented by Africa’s top health body, a grim toll in what’s already been declared the fastest Ebola outbreak in history. over 1,000 individuals have died in the ongoing Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Repulblic of Congo, as documented by Africa’s top health body.

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