Overview
- The outbreak has passed the 100-day mark and official tallies place confirmed cases at roughly 5,200–5,375 and deaths at about 2,476–2,557, making this the largest Ebola outbreak in DRC history and the second-largest globally.
- UN coordinators say the epidemic is spreading faster than the response and that international funds and operational resources are likely to be exhausted within weeks, which would slow hiring, logistics and planned scale-up of treatment capacity.
- Responders face severe security and access problems: dozens of health workers have been infected and many killed, ambulances and clinics have been attacked, and damaged roads and weak banking networks are delaying payments and supplies.
- Vaccination and research are being deployed but face limits: about 16,520 doses of the Ervebo vaccine have arrived of roughly 50,120 expected and two Bundibugyo-specific vaccines are in phase 1 trials, but these tools will take time to affect transmission.
- MSF and partners urge community-led case finding, local training and expanded isolation to reach people who are dying outside treatment centers, and UN plans call for raising beds toward roughly 3,000 if funding and security allow.