In the forests and mining towns of eastern Congo, a rare strain of Ebola is moving faster than any outbreak in recorded history, claiming more than 300 lives in a single week and exposing the fragile seam between a virus's biology and a society's capacity to respond. Since at least February, the Bundibugyo strain has spread through communities fractured by conflict, poverty, and deep institutional mistrust, reaching people the health system cannot see or count. The arrival of 16,000 vaccine doses offers a sliver of hope, but the distance between a shipment and a protected arm is measured not o
Congo's Ebola outbreak hits record weekly death toll as vaccine arrives
Over 300 deaths recorded in a single week with 2,642 total deaths; nearly half of infected people have died, with fatality rates exceeding 68% in remote provinces.