The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo crossed a grim threshold over the weekend. The World Health Organization said on Saturday the outbreak reached 3,605 cases, making it the DRC’s largest Ebola outbreak ever. Less than three months in, it is also the fastest-growing outbreak in the history of the virus. For comparison, the country’s second largest Ebola outbreak, from 2018 to 2020, took about 18 months to reach the same number of cases. Meanwhile, health workers are facing deep mistrust of Congolese authorities and conspiracy theories circulating on social media.