# The World Health Organisation has raised the Ebola risk in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to very high. There are 904 suspected cases and 119 suspected deaths. The Bundibugyo strain, with a 30-to-50-percent fatality rate and no approved vaccine, has spread from the DRC’s Ituri province, the epicentre of the outbreak, into other provinces and neighbouring Uganda. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the ongoing conflict in the Ituri province is severely impeding efforts to scale up Ebola contact tracing and identify infections early enough to provide supportive care.
WHO says the Ebola outbreak now poses a “very high” risk for the DRC