00:00The Democratic Republic of Congo's worst ever Ebola outbreak has surpassed 11,000 confirmed cases
00:07with armed conflict-hampering efforts to contain the disease.
00:11The National Institute of Public Health reported 11,042 infections and 5,387 deaths.
00:20Around 2,990 people have recovered so far.
00:24The figures were released on Wednesday.
00:25That break was officially declared in May, though experts believe it may have begun weeks or months earlier.
00:32It is the 17th Ebola outbreak recorded in the DRC.
00:36The virus, which spreads through contact with bodily fluids, has caused severe hemorrhagic fever.
00:42The latest outbreak began in northeastern Ituri province and has spread to seven other provinces,
00:48with most cases in Ituri and North Kivu.
00:51Cases have also been reported in Uganda, Kenya and Nigeria.
00:55Ebola has killed more than 15,000 people in Africa over the past 50 years.
