00:00Welcome back to From the South. According to the World Head Organization, the outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic
00:05of the Congo has been declared the deadliest the country has ever faced.
00:11The disease has killed 2,325 people, surpassing the 2,399 deaths recorded during the 2018-2020 outbreak, which was
00:21previously the country's deadliest.
00:24National authorities declared the outbreak on May 15 and it became the country's largest in terms of total confirmed cases
00:30in late July.
00:32The latest data shows there are currently 5,021 confirmed cases.
00:36Vaccine trials are underway in the UK and Canada because there is no approved treatment for the strain of Ebola
00:43currently affecting Congo.
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