In an interview with The Guardian, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, said the political climate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is preventing an end to the current Ebola outbreak.
With 29 new cases over the weekend and today, outbreak totals climb to 2,418, and Ebola deaths have now reached 1,625.
Officials have confirmed 51 infections since the beginning of the week.
USAID announces it wlll give the DRC $98 million to help fight the outbreak, which is now at 2,369 cases.
With 16 new infections, the outbreak total has grown to 2,354 cases, including 1,586 deaths, with 402 suspected cases.
High activity has returned to the towns and villages where the outbreak began 11 months ago.
"It is important to break the vicious cycle," a top WHO official says.
A USAID official says 4 major donors have jump-started a new "strategic plan.'
Cases rise steadily ahead of a meeting to consider use of a second Ebola vaccine.
In the past 10 days, officials have recorded nearly 100 new cases, and the outbreak has reached 2,265 infections.
