Ebola's Double Standard: The DRC and Uganda Cases in Perspective The World Health Organization reports over 2,100 confirmed Ebola cases and 600 deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with the virus spreading rapidly.
In stark contrast, Uganda has made significant progress in containing the outbreak. According to WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, this outbreak is expanding faster than any previous one in the DRC.
It took over 10 months for the 2018 2020 outbreak to reach 2,000 confirmed cases, but only two months for the current outbreak to surpass that number. Uganda's success story offers a glimmer of hope.