Ebola Crisis in Eastern Congo

Summary

Ebola is spiraling out of control in eastern Congo’s Bunia camp, where ten thousand displaced people share one handwashing station and thermometer. With soap and clean water scarce, many resort to oatmeal or sand. The rare Bundibugyo strain—undetectable by standard tests and lacking a vaccine or cure—is spreading fast in overcrowded, conflict-ravaged camp…

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Ebola is spiraling out of control in eastern Congo’s Bunia camp, where ten thousand displaced people share one handwashing station and thermometer. With soap and clean water scarce, many resort to oatmeal or sand. The rare Bundibugyo strain—undetectable by standard tests and lacking a vaccine or cure—is spreading fast in overcrowded, conflict-ravaged camps. Health systems, already shattered by years of war and violence that forced a million from their homes, are collapsing. Armed groups, some wi

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• daily