世界卫生组织指出，刚果当前快速蔓延的埃博拉疫情实际上始于2月份，比5月15日的官方宣布早数月[1]。这场由Bundibugyo病毒引起的疫情已确诊4200例病例，超过1900人死亡[1]。该病毒目前尚无获批疫苗或治疗方法[1]。
根据世卫组织统计，这是有记录以来致死速度最快的埃博拉疫情，其增长速度超过2014-2016年西非疫情[1]。相比之下，西非疫情造成超11000人死亡和28000例病例，耗时约8个月才达到1000人死亡[1]。世卫组织非洲区域总监Mohamed Yakub Janabi表示"我们在追赶病毒，病毒领先我们"[1]。
疫情防控面临多重挑战。新增病例中60%-70%来自于未被监测接触者[1]，部分地区新增病例出现翻倍增长[1]。此外，防疫工作还受到健康工作者罢工、反叛武装威胁、社区不信任和防护用品短缺等困难的制约[1]。
The World Health Organization has revealed that the rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak in Congo actually began in February, several months earlier than its official announcement on May 15 [1]. The outbreak, caused by the rare Bundibugyo virus strain, has confirmed 4,200 cases with more than 1,900 deaths [1], marking the fastest-moving Ebola epidemic on record in terms of fatality speed, surpassing the growth rate of the 2014-2016 West African outbreak [1].
Response efforts face significant obstacles as health workers have staged strikes, armed rebel groups threaten operations, community mistrust persists, and protective equipment remains in short supply [1]. WHO Regional Director for Africa Mohamed Yakub Janabi stated that "we are chasing the virus, and the virus is ahead of us" [1]. Between 60-70 percent of new cases are occurring among unmonitored contacts [1], while some areas have experienced doubling of new cases [1]. For context, the 2014-2016 West African epidemic resulted in more than 11,000 deaths across 28,000 cases and took approximately eight months to reach 1,000 deaths [1], underscoring the unprecedented pace of the current outbreak.