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DR Congo as an international emergency, with 336 suspected cases and 88 deaths reported. The current strain of Ebola
Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern Ituri province a public health emergency of international concern. The agency added that the outbreak, with around 246 suspected cases and 80 deaths reported, does
current outbreak? The number of Ebola cases has been growing – and growing by a lot — each day since the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency on Saturday. The latest toll? More than
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
case scenario - hopefully contact tracing and quarantine is all that's needed, but we can't take our foot off the gas." This current Ebola outbreak is challenging because it is caused by a rare
Ebola, for which vaccines are available. However, Africa CDC said early testing suggested the current outbreak was a different type, with fuller genetic sequencing results due within 24 hours. The health watchdog said
DR Congo's biggest city, Goma, which has a population of around 850,000 people and is under rebel control. In Goma, the confirmed case involved a woman who had travelled to the city after
Ebola in the outbreak in central Africa, with more than 600 suspected cases identified. Officials did not specify if the passenger was showing symptoms of the virus or when the person was last in DR
current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been increased from "high" to "very high" by the World Health Organization (WHO). In an update on Friday, the WHO's head Dr Tedros Adhanom
current outbreak has no known cure. "If you're going to tell the community that listens to the radio that Ebola has no cure," he says, people who fall sick will not bother to seek
DR Congo The World Health Organization (WHO) has upgraded the public health risk of the [Ebola](/news/2026/5/20/who-says-600-cases-139-suspected-deaths-in-growing-ebola-outbreak) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from high to “very high” as the deadly outbreak continues
Congo is concerning. It has been spreading for weeks undetected in a part of the world where civil war makes getting on top of the virus difficult, and the species of Ebola involved is rare
Congo (DRC) is being transported to Germany for treatment. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Tuesday that the patient would be treated at Charite University Hospital in Berlin following
current response in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In a statement to [NPR on Monday](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/18/g-s1-122655/ebola-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-uganda), the State Department said it was "false to claim that the USAID reform has negatively impacted
DR Congo’s South Kivu province, an area controlled by the [Rwanda-backed M23 rebels](/news/2022/8/4/rwanda-backing-m23-rebels-in-drc-un-experts), the group’s spokesman said on Thursday. Efforts to stop the latest outbreak of the deadly disease, which
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
Congo (DRC) in the past 21 days must fly into IAD, an airport in a Virginia suburb of Washington, DC. Two additional U.S. airport [options were added](https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/announcements/modification-list-designated-airports-regarding-arrival-restrictions) Friday evening: the Hartsfield-Jackson
Congo (DRC), with two cases and one death in Uganda and potential spread to neighboring South Sudan. The outbreak “might have been going on for a few months”, said Kristian Andersen, a professor of immunology