WHO raises alarm as Bundibugyo virus outbreak nears 5,000 cases

… 2,300 dead as epidemic spreads across 55 health zones in DRC
… Says outbreak moving at “unprecedented speed ”
.. Two new vaccines enter human trials as response races against time
By Chioma Obinna
The World Health Organisation (WHO) yesterday warned that the deadly Bundibugyo virus disease epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is far from being under control as infections approach 5,000 and deaths surpass 2,300.
WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, gave the grim assessment on Tuesday as the second meeting of the International Health Regulations (IHR) Emergency Committee on the outbreak opened.
According to Tedros, the epidemic has spread rapi...