Ebola Infects More Than 1,000 In Congo, Spreads To Kill Toddler In New Camp

CONGO – Ebola has now infected more than 1,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo in an outbreak that has spread to a third displacement camp and killed an 18-month-old ​girl.

The confirmed death count stood at 254, Congo’s government ​said late on Sunday, more than a month after the declaration of the ⁠outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo strain that has .

The speed ​of its spread across three provinces of Eastern Congo has prompted warnings from African health experts that ​the outbreak could eventually surpass the epidemic that killed more than 11,000 people across West Africa from 2014 to 2016.