The Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (a vast Central African nation that has faced recurring Ebola outbreaks) has now killed more than 3,000 people across over 6,100 confirmed cases, with the WHO warning it is on track to surpass the deadliest outbreak on record — West Africa's 2014–2016 epidemic, which claimed 11,000 lives. Burial teams tasked with safely interring victims say they regularly face verbal and physical threats from community members who want to reclaim bodies for traditional funeral rites, while the US Centers for Disease Control has warned that containment efforts remain below targets and that the virus is spreading through undetected transmission chains. A new case has also been confirmed in a previously Ebola-free area of North Kivu province, underscoring what officials describe as an uncontrolled expansion of the outbreak.