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situation is under control.” It has been a week since the DRC reported its 17th outbreak of Ebola
DRC “are leaving in the next hours”, Kalemo said. Football’s governing body FIFA issued a statement that “it is aware of and monitoring the situation regarding an Ebola outbreak
outbreak of the Ebola virus in a remote region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the continent’s top public health body, said
Ebola outbreak is a new massive crisis on top of an already difficult situation, with a unique set of circumstances making this outbreak much harder to contain than recent ones,” DRC
situation in parts of Africa”. India’s Ministry of External Affairs made the announcement on Thursday as health officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are battling a growing Ebola disease outbreak
Ebola, to “very high at the national level, high at the regional level, and low at global level.” Tedros also said on X that the situation in the DRC was “deeply worrisome
Ebola outbreak could make the situation worse, critics have said. The outbreak was declared a public health emergency of international concern on Sunday and continues to spread, with a new case reported in the DRC
situation. However, the United Nations health chief credited Uganda with striking a responsible stance to the threat. “The government has mounted a prompt and capable response to the outbreak of Ebola,” Tedros said. “Screening
situation so far? The epicentre of the latest outbreak is in DRC’s northeastern province of Ituri, close to the borders with Uganda and South Sudan, whose status as a gold-mining hub leads
Ebola outbreak in the African country. “I have signed the decree banning the holding of the June 9 match between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Chile,” said Juan Franco, mayor of La Linea
situation. Health authorities say the outbreak is being fuelled by the Bundibugyo strain, a type of Ebola virus for which [no vaccine or treatment exists](/features/2026/5/17/drc-faces-deadly-ebola-resurgence-amid-worsening-humanitarian-crisis). ## Suspected super-spreader event Of the 600 suspected cases
outbreak on May 15. The United Nations health agency said the true spread of the virus was probably much wider. Tedros said that the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola that is spreading in the DRC
Ebola deaths, expressing concern over armed groups hindering the response in the hardest-hit province of [Ituri.](/news/2026/5/28/who-chief-heads-to-hardest-hit-ituri-as-drcs-17th-ebola-outbreak-spreads) In its latest situation report on Monday, the DRC’s government said it recorded 35 new confirmed
situation” that the US was continuing to assess. The Ebola outbreak comes less than two weeks since an outbreak of the rat-borne hantavirus abroad cruise ship MV Hondius required 16 Americans to be flown
Ebola within tight-knit communities. ## Population pressure Elie Badjo, an analyst on universal health coverage in the DRC, feared that community mistrust could hinder containment efforts. “Already through our early warning platform, people are leaving
Ebola, known as Bundibugyo, has no proven vaccine and kills around a third of those infected. So far, the outbreak centred on DR Congo has resulted in 177 suspected deaths and 750 suspected cases
DRC The Ebola outbreak in the [Democratic Republic of the Congo](https://www.theguardian.com/world/congo) poses a “very high” risk to the country, the World Health Organization said on Friday, revising its threat assessment upwards
outbreak and that he would travel to the DRC on Tuesday with Chikwe Ihekweazu, the executive director of the WHO’s health emergencies programme. - **What causes Ebola****?** The rare Bundibugyo ebolavirus, which has no approved
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
DRC's Ebola surveillance, couldn't detect the rare species that was circulating, says Muyembe. So it was mid-May before officials rang the alarm bell and [declared an outbreak](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/18/nx-s1-5824998/who-declares-new-ebola-outbreak-in-africa-a-global-health-emergency) of Ebola