{"id":14907,"date":"2026-06-22T16:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T16:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=14907"},"modified":"2026-06-22T16:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T16:24:16","slug":"confirmed-ebola-cases-in-congo-top-1000-more-than-a-quarter-have-died-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=14907","title":{"rendered":"Confirmed Ebola cases in Congo top 1,000. More than a quarter have died, officials say."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>Bunia, Congo<\/em> \u2014 Confirmed cases in the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo have reached 1,003, including 254 deaths, officials said, as tracing those who had been in contact with patients remains a major challenge.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 100 people have recovered in the outbreak concentrated in the Ituri province since it was declared on May 15, Congo&#8217;s Ministry of Health said Sunday. At least 365 patients are in hospitals or in isolation, it said. <\/p>\n<p>The Ebola outbreak caused by the rare Bundibugyo virus, which has no vaccines or treatment, was the worst ever in its first month.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Officials admit there could be far more cases they <span class=\"link\">still don&#8217;t know about<\/span> and that the peak of the outbreak is still ahead.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/22\/34e7be46-8eb3-43b1-b3ee-16fe7c53ba37\/thumbnail\/620x413\/55e6e993cf0a4ac69e0e87f75913d57f\/gettyimages-2282096824.jpg#\" alt=\"DR CONGO-MONGBWALU-EBOLA CASES \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/22\/34e7be46-8eb3-43b1-b3ee-16fe7c53ba37\/thumbnail\/620x413\/55e6e993cf0a4ac69e0e87f75913d57f\/gettyimages-2282096824.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/22\/34e7be46-8eb3-43b1-b3ee-16fe7c53ba37\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/7b3834f3f143f53448805422fd62a5b0\/gettyimages-2282096824.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Medical workers escort an Ebola patient to an Ebola treatment center in Mongbwalu, Ituri province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on June 20, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Xinhua via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Contact tracing remains a key issue for local authorities, who have only achieved a 55% coverage rate, the ministry said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you want to control an outbreak, especially Ebola outbreak, you must know the index case. We don&#8217;t have confidence on when this outbreak started,&#8221; the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director-General Dr. Jean Kaseya told The Associated Press last week. <\/p>\n<p>Officials also are yet to identify the patient zero and trace more than 35,000 people who have come in contact with infected individuals as of last week, authorities said. <\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s partly because eastern Congo is also battling ongoing violence from rebels. In Ituri, attacks by the ISIS-backed Allied Democratic Force have cut off access to many villages and <span class=\"link\">forced people to flee their homes<\/span>, including those sheltering in overcrowded camps and others constantly on the move.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/22\/dfef43b8-b2bb-4563-a5b6-a2a4f7b36a35\/thumbnail\/620x413\/dc21a040bf6d102766b8187416b7bacb\/gettyimages-2282100966.jpg#\" alt=\"DR CONGO-ITURI-DISPLACEMENT CAMPS-POOR CONDITIONS-EBOLA PREVENTION-CHALLENGE \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/22\/dfef43b8-b2bb-4563-a5b6-a2a4f7b36a35\/thumbnail\/620x413\/dc21a040bf6d102766b8187416b7bacb\/gettyimages-2282100966.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/22\/dfef43b8-b2bb-4563-a5b6-a2a4f7b36a35\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/fa825ae5bfab9e6185e2e386f3efc493\/gettyimages-2282100966.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">This photo taken on June 19, 2026 shows a view of a displacement camp near Bunia, capital of Ituri, the Democratic Republic of the Congo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Xinhua via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>More than a month into the outbreak, officials believe the disease continues to outpace response efforts \u2014 and no one knows its true scale. <\/p>\n<p>At the Kigonze displacement camp in Bunia, the capital of Ituri province, camp officials said Friday that 10 people had died last week in unusual circumstances, raising the fear of a possible outbreak in the camp of over 20,000 displaced people.  <\/p>\n<p>There had been no Ebola case confirmed at the site, camp officials said, but added that the death rate was unprecedented and called for investigation. <\/p>\n<p>The U.N. refugee agency has said at least 2 million people forcibly displaced from their homes, including over 320,000 refugees, live in areas at risk of Ebola in Congo. <\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Friday, the agency said it was &#8220;deeply concerned by the accelerating spread&#8221; 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