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Ebola testing has improved in DRC, but still isn't nearly enough  virus in 13 of 20 samples tested
Ebola virus in 13 of 20 samples tested. The outbreak comes about five months after the DRC
Ebola. As a result, samples had to be sent to more specialized testing centers. That can take time, especially in this region of DRC
Ebola, for which no vaccines or treatments exist. Most cases are in the DRC’s Ituri province, with a handful reported elsewhere in the country, and two in neighbouring Uganda. Rising case numbers may paradoxically
samples,” said Anne Ancia, WHO Representative in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ituri province. Meanwhile, Germany is preparing to admit and treat a United States citizen who contracted Ebola in the DRC
DRC [dropped](https://foreignassistance.gov/cd/congo%20(kinshasa)/) from $1.4bn in 2024 to $431m in 2025 and only $21m so far this year. Assistance to Uganda [dropped](https://foreignassistance.gov/cd/uganda/) from $674m to $377m
DRC’s Health Minister Samuel-Roger Kamba said on Saturday. “This strain has a very high lethality rate, which can reach 50 percent.” The outbreak, the country’s seventeenth, was confirmed on Friday
samples to the national laboratory. Something went wrong there. That's why we ended up in this catastrophic situation." Only laboratories in Kinshasa and Goma, which is now controlled by the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel
testing and organises emergency responses in case of an outbreak. Following the Ebola outbreak in the DRC and Uganda, the WHO has deployed experts, personal protective equipment (PPE), laboratory support and emergency funding while coordinating
tested negative but remained in isolation until the investigation was completed, Brazilian authorities said. The DRC outbreak – which the WHO has declared a public health emergency of international concern – is the 17th recorded Ebola epidemic