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Ebola outbreak could cost Africa up to $3.6 bln: UN

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30-06-2026 | 09:53

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Ebola outbreak could cost Africa up to $3.6 bln: UN

The United Nations said on Tuesday that an Ebola outbreak could cost Africa up to $3.6 billion and hundreds of thousands of jobs, potentially causing a development crisis.

The outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, for which there is no tested vaccine or treatment, has infected 1,307 people and killed 377 ⁠in the Democratic Republic of Congo since being declared on May 15, the government says.

A much smaller number of cases have been reported in Uganda and experts warn of the possibility of it spreading to other neighbors, such as South Sudan.

"If we have the resources and we step up, we can contain this outbreak and prevent further losses," said Damien Mama, United ⁠Nations Development Program (UNDP) resident representative in Congo.

"If we do not, this health emergency risks becoming a much deeper and prolonged development crisis across the region and potentially the continent."

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