Ebola infections in the Democratic Republic of Congo topped 2,000 as the Bundibugyo outbreak spread into three additional health zones in Haut-Uélé province, underscoring the challenge to contain the world's fastest-growing outbreak of the deadly disease.
Congo's National Institute of Public Health reported 2,011 confirmed cases and 754 deaths as of July 13. The latest figures include 54 new confirmed cases, most in the outbreak's epicenter of Ituri province, as well as seven new cases in Haut-Uélé, where the virus has now been detected in four health zones.
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