🔴 Congo Ebola outbreak kills 2,200 as contact tracing collapses The Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo has killed over 2,200 of 4,700 cases — a death toll reached three times faster than the 2014-16 West Africa outbreak. Between 60% and 70% of new cases are detected among people not already monitored as contacts, meaning infections spread before discovery. Surveillance teams in Nizi, the hardest-hit health zone, receive 60–70 alerts daily but lack resources to follow up.