The Democratic Republic of Congo's ongoing Ebola outbreak has now spread across seven provinces, with the WHO warning that the crisis remains out of control despite some localised declines in case numbers. The country has recorded 7,773 confirmed cases and 3,759 deaths, while the eastern province of Nord-Kivu (a conflict-affected region bordering Rwanda and Uganda) saw a 73 percent surge in cases over just three weeks; a single treatment centre requires around 300 specialised staff, a threshold authorities say they cannot meet due to chronic funding and personnel shortfalls. Children under five face a fatality rate exceeding 60 percent, and trial vaccinations using 20,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine have begun in Ituri province, though its effectiveness against the current Bundibugyo strain of the virus has yet to be established.