刚果埃博拉疫情确诊病例已达3262例，死亡1437例[1]，疫情规模正逼近该国2018至2020年最严重爆发时期[1]。此次疫情由Bundibugyo病毒引起[1]，主要在刚果东部伊图里省蔓延[1]。
令人担忧的是，这场疫情成为有记录以来传播速度最快的埃博拉爆发[1]。自2024年5月15日宣布疫情以来[1]，仅用10周时间就累积了3262例确诊[1]，达到了之前近两年疫情的病例规模[1]。慈悲组织应对小组负责人Onesphore Bangenza表示，"仅用10周时间我们就达到了近两年疫情的病例数，这令人震惊"[1]。
疫情快速蔓延的原因多方面。该病毒目前尚无获批的疫苗或治疗方法[1]，加之武装冲突和卫生工作者罢工等因素，进一步加速了疫情传播[1]。
Confirmed Ebola cases in Congo have reached 3,262 with 1,437 deaths, bringing the ongoing outbreak closer to the scale of the country's most severe epidemic on record [1]. The current outbreak represents the fastest-spreading Ebola outbreak documented, achieving case numbers comparable to an outbreak that took nearly two years to develop in just ten weeks [1]. According to Onesphore Bangenza, head of a humanitarian response team, "In just ten weeks we have reached the case numbers of an outbreak that took nearly two years, which is shocking" [1].
The epidemic was declared on May 15, 2024, and is concentrated in Ituri Province in eastern Congo [1]. The Bundibugyo virus strain driving the outbreak has no approved vaccine or treatment available, a factor that has accelerated transmission alongside armed conflict and strikes by healthcare workers [1]. The 2018-2020 Ebola outbreak in Congo resulted in over 3,400 confirmed cases and more than 2,200 deaths over approximately two years [1].