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deaths have been reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) new Ebola disease outbreak
Ebola-like symptoms, DRC Health Minister Samuel-Roger Kamba said. Meanwhile, Uganda has recorded two laboratory-confirmed cases linked to travellers arriving from the DRC, including one death in the capital, Kampala. “The number
outbreak of the Ebola virus in a remote region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the continent’s top public health body, said
outbreak](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/12/who-head-warns-countries-prepare-more-hantavirus-cases) on a cruise ship and a day after the [declaration of an international public health emergency after at least 87 Ebola deaths](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/17/who-ebola-outbreak-congo-uganda-global-health-emergency) in the DRC
DRC first confirmed the outbreak on Friday, [according to the World Health Organization](https://www.afro.who.int/countries/democratic-republic-of-congo/news/democratic-republic-congo-confirms-new-ebola-outbreak-who-scales-upsupport). Ebola is transmitted through blood and other bodily fluid as well as contaminated surfaces. Symptoms include fever, body pain
Ebola is transmitted through blood and other bodily fluid as well as contaminated surfaces. Symptoms include fever, body pain, weakness, vomiting "and, in some cases, bleeding," according to the WHO. Health officials believe the outbreak
DRC) is grappling with a new Ebola outbreak just five months after declaring its previous epidemic over. The Bundibugyo strain, a type of Ebola virus first identified in neighbouring Uganda, is highly lethal
DRC, Uganda and South Sudan as well as the World Health Organization and pharmaceutical companies. “Africa CDC stands in solidarity with the government and people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo as they respond
Ebola outbreak in the DRC and Uganda, the WHO has deployed experts, personal protective equipment (PPE), laboratory support and emergency funding while coordinating regional preparedness efforts. But these sorts of efforts are at risk with