DR Congo's Ebola outbreak becomes fastest ever recorded

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: Des professionnels de santé au Centre médical évangélique de Bunia, dans l'est de la République démocratique du Congo, le 3 juillet 2026, où des essais cliniques sur le virus Ebola doivent avoir lieu. REUTERS - Gradel Muyisa Mumbere 01:46 Issued on: 23/07/2026 - 14:50Modified: 23/07/2026 - 15:09 The number of deaths in the current Ebola epidemic in the DRC has now topped 1,000, and the number of confirmed cases is around 2500. Experts are calling for more funding to help tackle the crisis as it becomes the fastest spreading outbreak ever recorded. Keywords for this article