Congo’s Ministry of Health has recorded 5,021 Ebola cases and 2,378 deaths since the first confirmed case in mid-May. The outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo virus and spreading through direct contact with bodily fluids, has been declared a global health emergency by the WHO amid complications from armed conflict and funding shortfalls. Response efforts have faced strikes, attacks on health teams, and rapid transmission roughly three times faster than prior outbreaks.