In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a nation that has faced Ebola seventeen times since 1976, authorities have announced that the Bundibugyo outbreak declared in May has reached its peak — a word that carries both relief and warning. Daily confirmed cases have fallen from 120 to 80, and six health zones have been cleared of active transmission, yet more than 3,475 people have already died and the virus has no approved treatment. The peak of an epidemic is not its end, and those closest to the crisis remind us that in public health, as in grief, the hardest work often begins when the worst
DRC Ebola outbreak peaks as daily cases decline from 120 to 80
Nearly 3,500 deaths recorded; survivors report loss of close friends and family, with communities exhausted from months of disease-related dread and disruption.