UN warns Ebola could cost Africa $3.6bn and jobs
Key takeaways
- The latest Ebola outbreak in DRC has infected 1,307 people and claimed 377 lives since May.
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- A much smaller number of cases have been reported in Uganda, and experts warn of the possibility of it spreading to other neighbours, such as South Sudan.
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The latest Ebola outbreak in DRC has infected 1,307 people and claimed 377 lives since May.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo. A healthcare worker takes samples from an Ebola patient at the Center Medical Evangelique treatment centre in Bunia, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo [Benediction Murhabazi/AFP]By Reuters Published On 30 Jun 202630 Jun 2026The United Nations has said that an Ebola outbreak could cost Africa up to $3.6bn and hundreds of thousands of jobs, potentially causing a development crisis.
The outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, for which there is no tested vaccine or treatment, has infected 1,307 people and killed 377 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since being declared on May 15, the government says.