[Comment] Compassionate care for patients with Ebola virus disease

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The Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is described as rapidly expanding and the second-largest Ebola epidemic in history. By Sept. 6, 2026, authorities had recorded 6,686 confirmed cases and 3,226 deaths, including 167 confirmed infections and 47 deaths among health-care workers.

The current Ebola virus outbreak, caused by Bundibugyo virus (BDBV), in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) is expanding rapidly and is the second largest Ebola epidemic in history.1 By Sept 6, 2026, there were 6686 confirmed cases including 3226 deaths (crude case-fatality ratio 48·3%).2 Health-care workers have also been heavily affected: 167 health-care workers were confirmed to have had BDBV in DR Congo by Sept 6, 2026, of whom 47 had died (case-fatality ratio 28·1%)2 and by Aug 9 the same year, 68 health-care workers had recovered.

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