- More than 300 people died last week as eastern Congo’s Ebola outbreak speeds up — over 5,500 cases and about 2,600 deaths so far, the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record.
- Congo received 16,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine; it offers hope but its effectiveness against the rarer Bundibugyo strain is unconfirmed and it will be used in trials.
- Response efforts are hampered by conflict, population movements, mistrust and unpaid responders, with many infections and deaths happening outside treatment centers.
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