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The World Health Organization (WHO) raised to 43 the death toll this Wednesday and maintains at 64 the number of cases registered by the Ebola outbreak declared on September 4 in the Congolese province of Kasai, in the center of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
As of October 5, 2025, a total of 64 cases (53 confirmed and 11 probable) had been reported, including 43 deaths (32 confirmed and 11 probable of people who presented symptoms and epidemiological links, but died before they could be tested) in the Bulape health zone.
This puts the fatality rate at 67.2% in an outbreak that, for now, is limited to Bulape (center) and the city of Diloko in the southwest, which mainly affects women (57.8%), children aged 0 to 9 years (25%) and adults aged 20 to 29 years (23.4%). Five confirmed cases have also been reported among healthcare personnel, including three deaths. "The Ebola virus disease outbreak in the DRC shows signs of containment, with no new confirmed or probable cases reported since our last update. However, the death of a three-week-old neonate was reported among the confirmed hospitalized cases," WHO indicated in a statement. "As of October 5, 2025, ten days have passed without any new cases reported, indicating a possible control of transmission in the affected areas," added this UN agency. This is the sixteenth Ebola outbreak declared in the DRC since the virus was first detected in 1976 and the first in Kasai province since 2008.You may be interested in: Venezuela deploys a robust defense exercise on its Caribbean coast
The strategy of the Congolese authorities, with the support of the African Union (AU) and the WHO, includes the immediate monitoring of all direct or indirect contacts of the sick and deceased, as well as the administration of the vaccine. Ebola is a severe hemorrhagic fever transmitted through direct contact with blood or bodily fluids of infected people and animals, with a mortality rate that, according to the WHO, ranges between 60% and 80%.
