According to data released by the Congolese Ministry of Health on the 11th, the cumulative number of deaths in the country's current Ebola outbreak has exceeded 2,000. According to the data, as of the 9th, the Congo has reported a cumulative total of 4381 confirmed cases of Ebola, including 2011 deaths, and a total of 869 cured cases. UN senior coordinator on Ebola affairs, Julian Hanis, said on social media on the 11th that about half of the more than 2,000 deaths occurred within the past 20 days. He called on all parties involved in the response to the outbreak to take immediate and more action to save lives and contain the further development of the epidemic. The current outbreak in the Congo was caused by the Bendibujo Ebola virus. Currently, there is no vaccine or specific treatment for this type of virus. Clinical trials of vaccine candidates and therapeutics are ongoing. This outbreak is the 17th Ebola outbreak in the Congo since 1976. According to the World Health Organization, the current outbreak has become the largest Ebola outbreak recorded in the Congo.

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According to data released by the Congolese Ministry of Health on the 11th, the cumulative number of deaths in the country's current Ebola outbreak has exceeded 2,000. According to the data, as of the 9th, the Congo has reported a cumulative total of 4381 confirmed cases of Ebola, including 2011 deaths, and a total of 869 cured cases. UN senior coordinator on Ebola affairs, Julian Hanis, said on social media on the 11th that about half of the more than 2,000 deaths occurred within the past 20 days. He called on all parties involved in the response to the outbreak to take immediate and more action to save lives and contain the further development of the epidemic. The current outbreak in the Congo was caused by the Bendibujo Ebola virus. Currently, there is no vaccine or specific treatment for this type of virus. Clinical trials of vaccine candidates and therapeutics are ongoing. This outbreak is the 17th Ebola outbreak in the Congo since 1976. According to the World Health Organization, the current outbreak has become the largest Ebola outbreak recorded in the Congo.