The World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed hope that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) can be contained, despite confirmed cases of Bundibugyo virus disease surpassing 10,000.
The optimism comes as data released by the DRC’s Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday put confirmed cases at 10,060, with 4,887 deaths, according to a report by Al Jazeera.
The outbreak, declared on 15 May, is the largest and deadliest Ebola epidemic recorded in the DRC.
It is also the second-largest and second-deadliest Ebola outbreak globally, behind the 2014–2016 West African epidemic, which recorded about 28,600 cases and more than 11,000 deaths.
Reasons for hope
In a post on his official X account on Tuesday, Mohammed Janabi, the WHO Regional Director for Africa, said the rising figures reflected the toll the outbreak had taken on families and communities but noted that progress in recovery, research and response
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