The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now the deadliest in its history, according to public health officials.
A total of 2,325 people have been killed by the virus since it was declared on 15 May, surpassing the death toll of the country’s 2018-2020 outbreak.
The outbreak was already the fastest growing on record, UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said last week, warning that “the epidemic is killing someone every 30 minutes”.
There is currently no approved vaccine available for the Bundibugyo species that has caused the current epidemic but several are in development, including one based on technology used to develop the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.
