DR Congo's Ebola outbreak becomes deadliest on record with 2,325 deaths

2,325 people have been killed by the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo, with the virus claiming one life every 30 minutes according to UN humanitarian officials.

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, a rare strain of Ebola called Bundibugyo is writing what may become one of the darkest chapters in the country's long and painful history with the virus. Since mid-May, 2,325 people have died — a toll surpassing every prior outbreak on Congolese soil — with the disease claiming a life every thirty minutes in a nation already worn by decades of conflict. Humanity now watches as scientists race to develop a vaccine for a strain so rare it has only appeared twice before in recorded history, while the WHO works against the clock to bend the curve of transmissio

DR Congo's Ebola outbreak becomes deadliest on record with 2,325 deaths

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