The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is spreading faster than the country\u2019s ability to contain it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the epidemic has accelerated nearly three months after the outbreak began, with new cases doubling in some hotspots over the past week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As of Monday, health authorities had confirmed 3,874 cases<\/strong> and 1,751 deaths<\/strong>. According to reports, the outbreak is now the second-largest Ebola epidemic on record<\/strong> and the fastest-spreading<\/strong> to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The current outbreak is caused by the Bundibugyo strain<\/strong>, for which there is currently no approved vaccine or treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The United States announced an additional $242 million<\/strong> in funding to help contain the outbreak, strengthen regional preparedness and provide humanitarian assistance, bringing its direct support to more than $512 million<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is spreading faster than the country\u2019s ability to contain it. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the epidemic has accelerated nearly three months after the outbreak began, with new cases doubling in some hotspots over the past […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":519881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[37165],"tags":[44554],"class_list":["post-519880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-ebola-2"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2bfa","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/IMG_4070.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Edith B\u00e1ez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-11-at-11.09.56-AM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Health"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/IMG_4070.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}