Overview

• WHO reports 57 infections and 35 deaths since September 4 in Congo’s Kasai province, a case fatality rate above 61 percent.
• WHO estimates $20 million is needed over three months but says only about $4.3 million is currently available.
• IFRC is appealing for 20 million Swiss francs, citing overwhelmed facilities and a Bulape treatment center running at 119 percent capacity.
• Ring vaccination has reached 1,740 people across Bulape, Bulambae and Mweka as of September 21, with poor roads and limited cold storage slowing deployment.
• Genetic analysis points to a likely new animal-to-human spillover, and WHO assesses the risk as high within DRC, moderate regionally and low globally.