Ebola infects over 1,000 in 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, official reports showed. 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 no approved treatment or vaccine. 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. — Reuters