Why the Ebola Outbreak Has Been Nearly Impossible to Stop

为什么埃博拉疫情几乎无法遏制

The Daily

2026-06-03

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At the front lines of the Ebola crisis in Central Africa, badly equipped health workers with little outside support are losing the fight against one of the worst outbreaks in history. Declan Walsh, a New York Times correspondent covering the outbreak, takes us to the epicenter of the virus and explains why, so far, its spread has been so difficult to stop. Guest: Declan Walsh, the chief Africa correspondent for The New York Times. Background reading:  Inside the Ebola epicenter, the virus rages with little to stop it. Here’s what to know about the Ebola outbreak. Photo: Arlette Bashizi for The New York Times For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.    Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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  • From the New York Times, I'm Natalie Kittrowev.

  • This is The Daily.

  • At the front lines of the Ebola crisis in Central Africa, badly equipped health workers

  • with little outside support are losing the fight against one of the worst outbreaks in history.

  • Today, my colleague Declan Walsh takes us to the epicenter of the virus to understand why,

  • so far, its spread has been nearly impossible to stop.

  • It's Wednesday, June 3rd.

  • Declan, thank you so much for doing this.

  • Where are you right now?

  • I'm in Bunia, a city in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

  • OK, so you've been in the DRC for about a week and a half covering this horrific Ebola outbreak.

  • So just tell us what you're seeing, what it's been like on the ground.