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Ebola is spreading fast in Congo and Uganda, already claiming over 200 lives in just one month—with nearly 900 confirmed cases, triple the scale of a similar outbreak in 2000. The Bundibugyo strain, with no approved vaccine or treatment, is hitting hardest in eastern Congo’s Ituri province, where 90% of cases are concentrated. The outbreak has also crossed into Uganda, with 19 cases and 2 deaths. With 35,000 potentially exposed people and only 15% tracked due to conflict, displacement, and remote terrain, containment is nearly impossible. Compounding the crisis: just $90 million of the $1 billion pledged has been disbursed, and they’re critically short-staffed—only 84 workers on the ground when 500 are needed. Recovery offers a glimmer of hope, with over 700 survivors, but the situation remains dangerously out of control.

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