The Ebola outbreak currently affecting the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has become the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease in history. CIDRAP has the news.

2,011 cases have now been reported, including 754 deaths, all in the past two months.

Workers at the Bunia General Hospital, which is in the affected area of Ituri province, have now gone on strike, joining other health professionals there who said "Congolese officials have not paid them during the outbreak."

Alarmingly, "at least 80% of new cases are emerging from unknown chains of transmission," according to the WHO health emergencies chief. He also said "we've seen the fastest growth in a single month since the outbreak started and of all the Ebola outbreaks that we have managed."

Most of the deaths are occurring within the community, "meaning transmission is likely to increase among family members and friends who may have contacted Ebola patients while they were actively dying and contagious."