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outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola in the DRC was announced on [May 15,](/news/2026/5/17/who-declares-ebola-outbreak-in-drc-uganda-a-global-emergency-what-to-know
outbreak, originating in eastern DRC’s Ituri province, involves the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola
outbreak epicentre in eastern DRC. Health officials believe the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola had been
Bundibugyo strain of Ebola turning into a national outbreak in the DRC and has declared
outbreak stems from the rare [Bundibugyo strain,](/news/2026/5/18/ebola-hantavirus-is-the-world-prepared-for-the-next-pandemic) which has no approved vaccine or treatment, unlike the Zaire virus responsible for the DRC’s previous 16 Ebola
Ebola outbreak in the DRC and Uganda, as well as in other high-risk countries. The Bundibugyo strain
strain responsible for the current outbreak is the Bundibugyo virus, a rare species of Ebola that first surfaced in Uganda in 2007 and then again in DRC
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
DRC declared the 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
outbreak”. The advisory came a day after the World Health Organization [declared](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) a “public health emergency of international concern” caused by the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus in the DRC
strain were developed. In the 2018-2020 DRC outbreak, the second-largest, some 3,400 people were infected. However, officials vaccinated more than 300,000 and deployed approved treatment. ![Interactive_Ebola_May17
DRC and Uganda declared an Ebola outbreak on May 15. It is the third-largest outbreak in history and is being driven by the rare Bundibugyo strain
strain, Bundibugyo, [for] which we don’t have the vaccine,” Janabi said, adding that the outbreak in DRC has had relatively little global attention compared with this month’s hantavirus outbreak, which affected cruise ship
outbreak has been caused by the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, for which no vaccines or treatments exist. Most cases are in the DRC
Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, a disease whose strains have killed more than 15,000 people in Africa in the past half-century. The previous Ebola outbreak in West Africa, which lasted between
Bundibugyo strain outbreak under control in 2012 in Isiro, not far from Ituri,” he said. This is the 17th Ebola outbreak in the DRC
DRC’s borders. The Bundibugyo strain of Ebola has a fatality rate of up to 50 percent and no approved vaccine yet, but the panel of experts lmeeting on Tuesday will discuss vaccine options
DRC) is grappling with a new Ebola outbreak just five months after declaring its previous epidemic over. The Bundibugyo strain
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, the WHO said
DRC at the Busunga border crossing in Bundibugyo. Photograph: Badru Katumba/AFP/Getty Images There is no vaccine or treatment available to fight the Bundibugyo strain of [Ebola](https://www.theguardian.com/world/ebola) responsible for the outbreak