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Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in Congo highlights challenge of containing rare strain

21 May 2026, 08:38 GMT By editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)
Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in Congo highlights challenge of containing rare strain
Credit: editorial@africanews.com (Rédaction Africanews)

Nita Bharti, associate professor of biology at Penn State, studies Ebola and says the death toll is probably much higher than we currently believe because it took longer to identify the outbreak and that allowed it to spread faster.