Africa’s Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) warns that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo could become the worst ever. The warning comes from the agency’s head, who says that outbreak control remains difficult because a large number of possible Ebola contacts have not been traced.
According to the reporting, the Africa CDC official states that tens of thousands of individuals who may have been exposed to people ill with Ebola have not yet been identified through contact tracing. This increases the risk of additional transmission as health authorities try to locate and monitor exposed individuals.
The sources agree on the core message: Africa CDC is flagging the scale of untraced contacts as a key concern and indicating that the outbreak’s trajectory could be severe. Both outlets present the warning as current as of Tuesday, underscoring that authorities are still working to improve tracing and containment efforts.
