Cyberzenhub.com – The deadliest week yet of Congo’s ongoing Ebola crisis has passed, with more than 300 fatalities recorded across the eastern provinces in a single seven-day span. Government health figures released on Monday confirmed the grim tally, underscoring how rapidly the epidemic is outpacing every available containment strategy. Health workers on the ground describe a situation where the virus is moving faster than surveillance systems can track, faster than treatment centers can admit patients, and faster than communities can be convinced to seek care.

By Saturday, the cumulative count stood at 5,514 confirmed cases and 2,642 deaths nationwide. Of those fatalities, 317 fell within the most recent week alone. Congolese epidemiologists have cautioned that the true magnitude of the epidemic may be roughly three times larger than what official tallies capture, given that transmission began circulating in communities weeks before the outbreak was formally confirmed.…