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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 Ebola outbreak and that he would travel to the DRC on Tuesday with Chikwe Ihekweazu, executive director of WHO’s health emergencies programme. Tedros’s announcement came as attacks by residents on health facilities
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
DRC, on May 24, 2026.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5437x5437+1358+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fff%2F47%2Fb621a55348d3a7f9a63c9040f1fd%2Fgettyimages-2277596847.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/27/nx-s1-5834940/ebola-outbreak-congo) ### [Africa](https://www.npr.org/sections/africa/) ### [Congo's Ebola outbreak is spiraling, with health workers struggling to contain the virus](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/27/nx-s1-5834940/ebola-outbreak-congo) The outbreak remains focused in Congo
cases and fatalities have been in DR Congo, and the US embassy in the capital Kinshasa has suspended visa services. While the WHO has not advised on imposing travel restrictions, the US has barred entry
DRC and Uganda, have been hit by a growing Ebola outbreak, which the World Health Organization declared a [public health emergency of international concern](https://www.who.int/news/item/17-05-2026-epidemic-of-ebola-disease-in-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-and-uganda-determined-a-public-health-emergency-of-international-concern) on May 17. Already, there are 800 suspected