00:00The head of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned that the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola
00:07outbreak is accelerating, with more than 3,800 confirmed cases and over 1,700 deaths.
00:14Visiting the epicenter in Bunia, officials said the response must change urgently.
00:19Look, I will not be diplomatic on that. Contact tracing is not working. When you have more than 60-70
00:26% of new cases coming out of the contact list, we cannot say it's working. We need to be innovative
00:32on the way to approach the contact list. I will discuss with the incident manager to know what we need
00:37to do.
00:37Health officials say the outbreak linked to the Bundabugio strain of Ebola has become the fastest growing on record. The
00:44virus has spread across six provinces, while ongoing conflict, population, displacement and illegal mining continue to hamper efforts to trace
00:52infections.
00:53We don't like the trajectory of this outbreak. And it's already the second largest outbreak in the world. But if
01:03we take a photo, after 14 weeks of declaration, it's the biggest outbreak, seven times more than the West African
01:12outbreak. We cannot continue like that.
01:15With no approved vaccine or treatment for the Bundabugio strain, health officials are expanding testing and treatment centers in a
01:23risk to contain the deadly Ebola outbreak.
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