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Ebola was likely to have started "a couple of months ago". On Sunday, the WHO declared a public health emergency of international concern, but said it was not at pandemic level. Ghebreyesus said that after
Ebola cases, taking the total number of confirmed cases in the country to seven. The new cases are both Ugandan health workers in a private health facility in the capital, Kampala, the country’s health
Ebola is caused by the Bundibugyo virus, for which there are no approved drugs or vaccines. There are also two confirmed cases and one death in Uganda, according to the CDC. The US government
Ituri, close to the borders with Uganda and South Sudan, whose status as a gold-mining hub leads to people regularly crossing it. The virus has also spread into neighbouring provinces
Ituri province, where the [Africa](https://www.theguardian.com/world/africa) centers for disease control first confirmed the Ebola outbreak. He had operated on a 33-year-old patient with severe abdominal pain. Doctors at first believed
province of [Ituri](/news/2026/5/28/who-chief-heads-to-hardest-hit-ituri-as-drcs-17th-ebola-outbreak-spreads), which sits on the border, is the epicentre of the outbreak. With the region blighted by decades of conflict, DR Congo has struggled to deal with the emergency, which has worsened
cases of the new Ebola outbreak were reported. Residents describe daily deaths in the village, while local health services struggle to respond. The recurring epidemics in the DRC highlight how fragile healthcare systems, poverty
Ituri, the province in eastern DR Congo at the epicentre of the outbreak, with medical organisations and UN agencies making plans to deploy teams to support local medics. "A lot of foreigners trooping into their
Ebola](https://www.theguardian.com/world/ebola) and anyone who has it can also recover. But the rule … is this thing is everybody’s business and every citizen should be involved,” Ghebreyesus said at the opening
Ebola would continue. Other moves by the Trump administration are having an impact, say the disease doctors. A shrinking budget at the World Health Organization – most notably because of the administration's withdrawal from
Ituri province was set on fire. “Following the death of a patient showing symptoms of Ebola virus disease in one of the tents, healthcare staff isolated the body in line with strict health protocols
cases](/video/newsfeed/2026/5/16/outbreak-of-rare-strain-of-ebola-claims-at-least-65-lives-in-dr-congo). The WHO chief said on Tuesday that he was “deeply concerned about the scale and speed of the epidemic”, which has already started spreading into Uganda. “Early on Sunday, I declared a public