Ebola day 100: why this outbreak could become the deadliest in history – video explainer
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- Ebola has killed more than 2,000 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since the outbreak's first case was recorded in May, marking day 100 of the epidemic.
- Kat Lay, The Guardian's global health correspondent, interviewed CDC Africa's Yap Boum II to understand why health teams on the ground are struggling to contain the spread.
- Health teams are deploying containment measures examined in the video explainer, aimed at preventing the outbreak from becoming the deadliest in history.
Why it matters: The death toll of more than 2,000 in just 100 days puts the DRC outbreak on track to rival the title of deadliest Ebola epidemic on record. The interview with CDC Africa's Yap Boum II surfaces specific ground-level challenges that will determine whether containment efforts can reverse that trajectory.
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