The number of Ebola deaths in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa has exceeded 2,300, mak..

The number of Ebola deaths in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa has exceeded 2,300, making it the deadliest outbreak in history. Even after the Ebola outbreak was officially declared, the rapid spread seems to have been due to weak infrastructure in the Democratic Congo and community resistance.

According to Reuters on the 16th (local time), 2,325 Ebola deaths in Democratic Congo were reported. This exceeded the death toll of 2,299 during the 2018-2020 Ebola epidemic, making it the deadliest Ebola outbreak in the history of the Democratic Congo.

According to the Democratic Congo Institute of Public Health, the cumulative number of confirmed Ebola cases has increased to 4,945. Of these, 101 are newly confirmed patients in the last 24 hours.

Ebola is transmitted through direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person. Ebola causes fever, vomiting, and diarrhea, and in severe cases can cause internal bleeding and blood loss.

Since the official declaration of the Ebola outbreak on May 15, the spread has continued at a rapid pace in Democratic Congo. It follows the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, where 28,616 infections and 11,310 deaths occurred in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.

Reuters pointed out that the Ebola outbreak was caused by the “Bundibugyo Ebola virus,” a rare species that has not been approved for vaccines or treatments. The fatality rate, the proportion of people who die after being confirmed, rose to 46 percent from about 20 percent in early June, according to government data.

Experts analyzed that this trend does not mean that the mortality rate of the virus has increased. Rather, it was said that this suggests that there are persistent flaws in terms of monitoring, case discovery, and access to treatment.

“Since the declaration of the outbreak, weak medical infrastructure, community resistance and unstable conditions have become a problem,” Reuters said. “The pace of the outbreak is getting faster as we struggle to identify and respond to cases of infection.”