Ebola spreads in eastern Congo as contact tracing falters

B BloombergSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-05-23 · 11:37 GMTOutlet · Privately owned · Hong Kong SAR ChinaRead · 1 min

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Ebola is spreading rapidly in eastern Congo, outpacing the efforts of health responders to track infected individuals. As of May 21, authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) reported 83 confirmed infections and 746 suspected cases. Despite identifying 1,603 contacts to monitor, health workers were only able to follow up with 342 of them on a single day, representing approximately 21% of the total. This low contact tracing rate hinders the ability to contain the outbreak.

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Health workers followed up with only 342 contacts on a specific day.

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As of May 21, there were 83 confirmed infections, 746 suspected cases, and 1,603 identified contacts.

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Health workers were able to follow up with only 21% of identified contacts in a single day.

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Ebola is spreading faster than responders can track it in eastern Congo.

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Ebola is spreading faster than responders can track it in eastern Congo, where health workers managed to follow up with barely one in five identified contacts in a single day.Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) reported 83 confirmed infections, 746 suspected cases and 1,603 identified contacts as of May 21, according to the health ministry.Yet health workers were able to follow up with only 342 contacts that day – about 21 per cent of the total under monitoring – according to ministry data released on Friday.

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