The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has surpassed 5,000, government ‌data showed on Friday, as authorities had yet to find a way to control the country's deadliest Ebola epidemic on record.

No approved treatments or vaccines can combat the rare Bundibugyo species behind the outbreak in the Central African country.

It has infected more than 10,000 people since it was declared in May.

Delayed detection, conflict, and strained health services have helped the virus spread faster than in previous outbreaks.

Eight of Congo's 26 provinces have ‌been ⁠affected, with many deaths occurring outside treatment centres.

This year's outbreak is the world's second-largest ever, behind only the 2014-2016 one that infected over 28,600 people and ⁠killed more than 11,000 across Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

Last week Nigeria became the fourth African country to report ⁠an Ebola case, extending the outbreak's geographic spread to West Africa. East African countries Kenya and ⁠Uganda have also reported cases.

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