Congo's Ebola outbreak may become deadliest in history, WHO warns

The World Health Organization warns that Congo's Ebola outbreak is on track to surpass the deadliest one in history, which killed over 11,000 people from 2014 to 2016. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the statement Wednesday. The current outbreak in eastern Congo has killed over 2,000 people out of more than 4,300 cases. Declared on May 15, it actually began in February, and involves the rare Bundibugyo virus with no approved vaccines or treatments. The outbreak is spreading faster than containment efforts in a remote, conflict-affected region near South Sudan, Uganda, and Rwanda. Most new cases and deaths occur in communities beyond health workers' reach.