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confirmed Ebola case in Goma on May 16, the crossing has been closed, cutting off a vital
Goma tightens northern border health checks after Ebola case confirmed](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/e588e4e76e0325c0669ef9cd503c6941368b724e/636_0_3872_3100/master/3872.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) The World
Goma, the confirmed case involved a woman who had travelled to the city after her husband died of Ebola
confirmed cases surge, "we have no protection." In the Ebola-affected city of Goma, where
confirmed a case in the major eastern DRC city of Goma, which is controlled by the Rwanda-backed M23 militia.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5620x3747+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F7d%2F23%2F1fc0eb494899b1b2b7027daaa4b4%2Febola-2276381440.jpg) To keep Ebola
confirmed a case in the major eastern DRC city of Goma, which is controlled by the Rwanda-backed M23 militia.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3747x3747+937+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F7d%2F23%2F1fc0eb494899b1b2b7027daaa4b4%2Febola-2276381440.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/18/g-s1-122655/ebola-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-uganda) ### [Global Health](https://www.npr.org/sections/global-health/) ### [This Ebola
Goma, threatening to spread internationally to nearby Rwanda. “The current epidemic already comprises confirmed cases across both the DRC and Uganda, which likely influenced the declaration of a PHEIC as its focus is really
Goma; and the localities of Mongbwalu, Nyakunde and Butembo — home to well over a million people in all. Dr. Peter Stafford, an American doctor, is among the Bunia cases, said Serge, the Christian organization
Ebola outbreaks have been recorded in DRC and Uganda, this is only the third time that the Bundibugyo virus has been detected. Cases have now also been confirmed in Bunia and North Kivu’s rebel
confirmed in Uganda's capital, Kampala, both had travelled from DR Congo. "We know the scale of the epidemic in DRC is much larger," the WHO chief added. The first known case was a nurse
confirmed cases in neighbouring Uganda. Most cases have been in the DRC’s Ituri and neighbouring North Kivu provinces. On Thursday, the Alliance Fleuve Congo, which includes the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, said there
case], or someone else may have been sick before him, but no one reported it." He added: "We really need to look within the community to understand what happened - how people became ill and sometimes
Ebola outbreaks. Contact tracing coverage has plummeted to 56.5 percent, a sharp decline from the 95% target, Health Ministry officials said. Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, warned that “no one knows
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
confirmed deaths. But we know the epidemic in the DRC is much larger. There are now almost 750 suspected cases and 177 suspected deaths,” he wrote. He added that additional WHO personnel had been deployed
confirmed to have contracted Ebola during this outbreak. Last week, [five people were discharged after recovering from Ebola](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz928xq588no). Four were nurses, while one was a laboratory worker. "We lose patients, which
Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo –** Attacks on Ebola health facilities are intensifying in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as the World Health Organization warns the outbreak could worsen