The Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak spreading across the Democratic Republic of the Congo has reached a new geographic boundary — and the consequences for containment are significant.
A case was detected in Haut-Uele province after a patient traveled from Ituri province, the outbreak's epicenter. Haut-Uele is north of Ituri and borders South Sudan and the Central African Republic. With Haut-Uele joining Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu, the country's entire northeast — home to around 15 million people — is now affected.