Ebola death toll passes 200 as outbreak spreads to Uganda
The Ebola outbreak centered in the Democratic Republic of Congo has passed 200 deaths and about 894 confirmed cases, with infections rising nearly 40% in a week and now reported across the border in Uganda, STAT News reports . Health officials say the case count makes this the largest outbreak at this point in its course on record.
The spread into Uganda is the most consequential change: cross-border transmission complicates containment, requiring coordinated contact tracing, vaccination, and treatment across two health systems and the heavily trafficked frontier between them. The DRC’s outbreak is unfolding in a region already strained by armed conflict, which limits responders’ access and raises the risk that case numbers continue to outrun control efforts.