The Ebola outbreak is the second largest on record globally, government data showed on Friday, as transmission continues to outpace efforts to contain the disease.
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) reported 3 532 cases on Friday, surpassing the total 3 481 cases recorded during the 2018 2020 outbreak.
Total deaths stood at 1556, the Central African country’s communications ministry said on X.
Only West Africa’s 2014 to 2016 outbreak was larger, with 28 616 cases and 11 310 deaths recorded across Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, according to the World Health Organisation.
–Reuters–
