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Ebola immediately. "The country in the world who knows how to fight this disease is DRC because we have faced this many times. "The world doesn't need to be afraid." However, this latest outbreak
DRC’s outbreak in Ituri province, to support affected communities. The new strain of the virus currently has no approved [vaccine](/news/2026/5/21/ebola-outbreak-when-will-a-vaccine-be-developed-for-the-new-strain) or treatment, and the WHO declared it an emergency of international concern
outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola a public health emergency of international concern, and fear has gripped the streets of cities in the DRC and Uganda. Meanwhile, in Uganda, health authorities said they
eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo An outbreak of Ebola has killed 65 people in the [Democratic Republic of the Congo](https://www.theguardian.com/world/congo), according to African health officials. There have been 246 suspected cases
DRC, with seven confirmed deaths". Tedros added the situation in neighbouring Uganda - where they have been two confirmed cases of the Bundibugyo species and one death - was "stable" with both cases from people who travelled
eastern DRC and parts of [Uganda](https://www.theguardian.com/world/uganda), on several villages near the town of Mambasa, in Ituri. “We are facing a double war: one of weapons and another of the disease outbreak,” said
eastern Congo are in the hands of armed rebels, complicating sending aid. The head of the WHO team in Congo, Dr. Anne Ancia, said authorities haven't identified "patient zero." She also said the Ervebo