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The outbreak of Ebola virus in the Central African country Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has once again taken a deadly form. This epidemic has become the most rapidly spreading Ebola wave in history. According to the recent and scary data released by the government, the death toll due to this dangerous virus in the country has crossed the 2,000 mark, which has created a panic in the entire health department. More than 4,000 cases so far and the figure is rising rapidly. According to official figures, a total of 4,381 cases of Ebola have been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, out of which 2,011 patients have died tragically. Apart from this, more than 704 patients are currently undergoing treatment in various isolation wards and hospitals. According to health experts, this outbreak is progressing at an extremely alarming pace, breaking all previous records. Deaths doubled in just 3 weeks, what is the real reason for this wave? Only three months have passed since the Ebola outbreak was declared on May 15 this year, but its speed has surprised scientists around the world. The magnitude of this epidemic can be gauged from the fact that it took about 9 weeks for the first 1,000 deaths to occur, but the next 1,000 patients died within just three weeks. Relief agencies and medical teams believe that the lack of timely access of medical aid, medicines and rescue teams to remote and inaccessible areas of the country is the main reason for this rapidly increasing devastation. Bundibugyo Virus: No Vaccine and No Sure Treatment This current Ebola outbreak is proving to be much different and more deadly than all previous outbreaks. Today, effective vaccines (Ervebo) and treatments are available for the 'Zaire Ebolavirus' that spread in history during 2014-16 and 2018, but the cause of this current wave of 2026 is 'Bundibugyo Virus'. The biggest concern is that no approved vaccine or effective treatment is yet available for this new strain. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the virus had spread to the most remote and unsafe areas of Congo since February, even before it formally emerged in May. Since the virus was first identified near the Ebola River in Congo in 1976, it has become the 17th and largest outbreak in the history of Congo. Currently, teams of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and WHO are busy breaking the chain of infection, but the lack of approved vaccine has deepened the crisis.