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The DRC's confirmed case toll has risen to 550 with 101 deaths, after authorities recorded 35 new cases and 10 fatalities in a single 24-hour period. The outbreak, concentrated across 25 health zones in Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu, is being further complicated by armed groups in Ituri's Djugu, Irumu and Mambasa territories, which the government says are limiting humanitarian access in multiple affected areas. Meanwhile, Uganda — where the case count has reached 19 with two deaths — has drawn praise from WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who said the country's early decisions, including the rare cancellation of the Martyrs' Day pilgrimage on June 3, prevented what he estimated would have been a three-digit case count; Uganda's fatality rate remains below 1 percent. The EU airlifted 100 tonnes of humanitarian aid, including medicine and protective equipment, into hard-hit Ituri on Sunday, with Brussels calling the outbreak fresh impetus to broker a ceasefire in the region. The WHO has also called on Uganda to reconsider its closure of the border with the DRC.
The Ebola outbreak spreading through eastern Democratic Republic of Congo could grow to rival the worst outbreak in history if public health interventions are not rapidly strengthened, US health officials have warned, as the World Health Organization and Africa CDC unveiled a joint $518 million response plan to contain the crisis.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published computer modelling on Friday projecting between 10,000 and more than 20,000 potential cases — compared to the roughly 400 confirmed cases and 63 deaths currently recorded in the DRC, alongside 16 confirmed cases and one death in neighbouring Uganda. The 2014–2016 west African outbreak, the largest in history, killed more than 11,000 people from over 28,000 reported infections. Dr Satish Pillai, the CDC's Ebola incident manager, said that without strong public health interventions,
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