- Dr Jean Kaseya, director general of the Africa CDC, has warned that Ebola could spread globally like Covid-19 if all continents fail to take appropriate action.
- The outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo strain has surpassed 10,000 cases and almost 5,000 deaths across four African nations, making it the largest in DR Congo's history.
- France is currently the only country outside Africa to confirm a case in this outbreak, after a doctor who returned from DR Congo tested positive in June.
- Scientists at Oxford University are urgently attempting to develop a vaccine for the strain, which carries a fatality rate of between 21 and 50 per cent.
- Regional conflict has exacerbated the crisis, prompting calls for international financial support and a corridor of peace to assist health workers.
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