Ebola death toll in east Congo outbreak climbs above 2,000
Coffins containing two victims of the Ebola virus are seen entering a graveyard on May 16, 2019 in Butembo. Health workers have struggled to control the spread of the disease in remote and conflict-hit areas of eastern Congo. PHOTO | JOHN WESSELS | AFP
The death toll from Democratic Republic of Congo’s year-long Ebola outbreak has climbed above 2,000, government data showed on Friday, as responders battle to overcome community mistrust and wide spread security problems.
The government team overseeing the response said the number of confirmed and probable cases had also hit a milestone of more than 3,000 in what has become the second-worst epidemic of the virus on record.
