“Ebola cases in DRC exceed 11,000”

Key points

• Confirmed Ebola cases in DRC exceed 11,000, totaling 11,042.
• Death toll reaches 5,387 across the outbreak.
• Outbreak linked to Bundibugyo Ebola virus species with no approved treatments or vaccines.
• Eight of DRC's 26 provinces affected, with many deaths outside treatment centres.
• Outbreak spread now covers East, Central, and West Africa, widest continental spread.