Infant Ebola victim buried as Congo outbreak spreads to orphanages

A 6-month-old child and at least two other orphanage residents have died from Ebola, with vulnerable infant and child populations at heightened risk.

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, a six-month-old child has been buried — the third resident to die of Ebola at a single orphanage facility — as an ongoing outbreak finds its way into the places least equipped to resist it. Orphanages, built on the necessity of closeness and care, offer a virus like Ebola the very conditions it needs to move: shared space, limited protective resources, and caregivers who cannot keep their distance from the children who depend on them. This is not merely a public health failure but a moral reckoning — a society's most unprotected children meeting one of its

Infant Ebola victim buried as Congo outbreak spreads to orphanages

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