00:00The Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak has passed 6,000 confirmed cases with 2,911 deaths and 1,366
00:10recoveries.
00:11According to health authorities declared in May, the outbreak has become the country's deadliest Ebola epidemic in just three months,
00:18overtaking the 2018 to 2022 outbreak in the east.
00:22The latest figures show 6,041 confirmed cases with more than half of those infected dying from the virus.
00:30The outbreak began in Itori province in northeastern Congo and has since spread to six provinces with two new health
00:37zones reporting infections last week.
00:40Authorities say insecurity, population displacement, health workers' strikes and heavy population movements are making the response increasingly difficult.
00:50The current outbreak is caused by the Bundabugio virus, for which there is no approved vaccine or specific treatment.
00:58The World Health Organization has warned the epidemic remains out of control and could surpass the 2014 to 2016 West
01:06Africa outbreak, which killed more than 11,000 people.
