Ebola spreads in Congo... over 1,000 cases and 254 deaths

More than 1,000 Ebola cases have been recorded in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the latest outbreak wave has claimed the lives of more than 250 people, according to official figures released on Monday.

The country’s National Institute of Public Health confirmed 1,003 cases and 254 deaths, with a case fatality rate of 25 percent.

On May 15, a new outbreak of the Ebola virus, which causes hemorrhagic fever, was announced.

The virus has spread across three provinces: Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu, where approximately 15 million people live.

Ebola has also reached neighboring Uganda, where the World Health Organization has recorded 20 cases and two deaths, despite authorities previously stating that the situation was under control earlier in the month.

There is currently no vaccine or treatment for the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus that is currently circulating.

Ebola, which is transmitted through direct contact and bodily fluids, has killed more than 15,000 people in Africa over the past 50 years.