Outbreak exceeds 8,000 cases as response strains.

Congo’s Ebola outbreak has surpassed 8,000 confirmed cases and nearly 4,000 deaths, making it the country’s deadliest outbreak as authorities struggle with a shortage of health workers and a virus strain that has no approved treatment or vaccine. Officials and aid groups say mistrust of health measures, attacks on responders, worker strikes, and insecurity have hampered containment efforts, while a ruling party official was critically injured after defending government policies on Ebola. The outbreak is also disrupting routine healthcare services as resources are diverted to the emergency response and people avoid seeking medical care. Although some regions have seen fewer cases, the disease continues to spread into new areas and is on pace to exceed the scale of major past Ebola outbreaks.

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