Ebola cases in DR Congo surpass 10,000 in fastest-growing outbreak

Nearly half of the people confirmed to have the virus have died in DRC’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record.Confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have surpassed 10,000 as the outbreak continues to spread across the country and beyond its borders.Government data released on Tuesday put confirmed cases at 10,060 and deaths at 4,887.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3WHO announces start of Ebola vaccine clinical trial in DR Congolist 2 of 3Uganda orders 21-day Ebola quarantine for citizens returning from DR Congolist 3 of 3Attackers kill nurse, injure health worker responding to DRC Ebola caseend of listIt is the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in the country’s history and nearly half of the 10,060 confirmed to have the virus have died, according to data from the DRC’s Ministry of Public Health. That also makes it the deadliest outbreak of the disease in the country’s history.With cases also mounting outside the DRC, the wider outbreak is also the second-largest and second-deadliest on record, trailing only the 2014-2016 West African epidemic, which saw 28,600 infected and more than 11,000 dead within two years.About 80 percent of new case...