Congo: Ebola cases rise to 2,267 and 893 deaths

The Democratic Republic of the Congo announced on Sunday that the number of Ebola infections in the country had risen to 2,267 and deaths to 893 people.

The Congolese Ministry of Communication and Information said on its account on the “X” platform, “The total number of confirmed cases of Ebola virus is 2,267 cases and 893 deaths.”

On May 17, the World Health Organization declared that the outbreak of the Ebola virus in Congo and Uganda represents a state of emergency, noting that it poses a danger to other countries, and the organization assesses the risk of the virus spreading regionally as high.

On June 5, the World Health Organization and the Africa Center for Disease Prevention and Control launched the Bundibugyo Virus Disease Epidemic Preparedness and Response Plan (Ebola strain), which the Director-General of the Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said would require $518 million in funding.