{"id":369335,"date":"2026-08-12T07:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T06:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-is-ebola-infecting-people-at-unprecedented-speed-in-dr-congo-and-can-it-be-stopped-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T07:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T06:00:16","slug":"why-is-ebola-infecting-people-at-unprecedented-speed-in-dr-congo-and-can-it-be-stopped-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-is-ebola-infecting-people-at-unprecedented-speed-in-dr-congo-and-can-it-be-stopped-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Ebola infecting people at &#8216;unprecedented speed&#8217; in DR Congo and can it be stopped? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/XAVxqDuzuiM\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why is Ebola infecting people at 'unprecedented speed' in DR Congo and can it be stopped? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XAVxqDuzuiM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Health authorities are worried about the speed of the spread. More than 2,000 people have died so far in the current outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the World Health Organization warns that number could go up fast because the Bundibugyo species of Ebola, for which there is no licensed vaccine, is spreading much faster than any previous outbreak of Ebola. Professor Aileen M. Marty, who helped the WHO contain the biggest-yet outbreak of Ebola in West Africa a decade ago, says the rapid spread and high mortality rate now have less to do with the virus itself and everything to do with the conditions on the ground in Congo.<\/p>\n<p>#dwnews<br \/>\nFor more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health authorities are worried about the speed of the spread. More than 2,000 people have died so far in the current outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the World Health Organization warns that number could go up fast because the Bundibugyo species of Ebola, for which there is no licensed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":369336,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-369335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why is Ebola infecting people at &#039;unprecedented speed&#039; in DR Congo and can it be stopped? | DW News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Why is Ebola infecting people at &#039;unprecedented speed&#039; in DR Congo and can it be stopped? | DW News for free, here on News ISC. 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