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DRC) was dramatically complicating efforts to rein in an Ebola outbreak. “Eastern DRC now faces
Ebola centres intensify in eastern DRC amid outbreak fears **Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo
eastern DRC, where the World Health Organization announced an outbreak of [Ebola](https://www.theguardian.com/world/ebola)
DRC faced its 10th Ebola outbreak in the eastern provinces of North Kivu and Ituri
Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and neighbouring Uganda a “public health emergency of international concern” after the virus killed nearly 90 people. The outbreak, originating in eastern
Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have set fire to a treatment
DRC has seen more than a dozen Ebola outbreaks, the deadliest coming between 2018 and 2020, killing nearly 2,300 people. Security risks make efforts to control such outbreaks highly challenging. The eastern
eastern DRC city of Goma, which is controlled by the Rwanda-backed M23 militia.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3747x3747+937+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F7d%2F23%2F1fc0eb494899b1b2b7027daaa4b4%2Febola-2276381440.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/18/g-s1-122655/ebola-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-uganda) ### [Global Health](https://www.npr.org/sections/global-health/) ### [This Ebola outbreak
Ebola disease outbreak, authorities said, as health workers race to intensify screening and contact tracing to contain the disease. Nearly 250 suspected cases of the highly contagious haemorrhagic fever have been recorded in eastern DRC
eastern DRC city of Goma, which is controlled by the Rwanda-backed M23 militia.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5620x3747+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F7d%2F23%2F1fc0eb494899b1b2b7027daaa4b4%2Febola-2276381440.jpg) To keep Ebola from spreading in this current outbreak
eastern Tshopo province where no Ebola infections from the current outbreak have so far been recorded. “The person concerned, a compatriot aged 28, unfortunately succumbed to the disease before the diagnosis was confirmed,” the spokesman
DRC](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/19/ebola-outbreak-drc-who-tedros-adhanom-ghebreyesus-deeply-concerned), which has shocked the World Health Organization with its speed and scale, the question is what lessons have been learned from previous outbreaks? Ebola, unlike Covid, is not a particularly efficient
Ebola and 130 suspected deaths in DRC since the new outbreak began. Thirty cases had been confirmed in DRC’s north-eastern
Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) a public health emergency of international concern on Sunday. However WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stressed in [a statement](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) it "does
Ebola virus in the DRC and Uganda, and two days after an epidemic was first announced by Africa’s top public health authority. The outbreak was first identified in the country’s north-eastern
DRC flight suspension and Uganda border curbs isolate Ebola-hit Bunia **Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo –** The Congolese authorities have suspended all flights to and from Bunia in the eastern Democratic Republic
eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Judith is one of the latest victims of Ebola as the country battles yet another outbreak, the seventeenth in just 50 years. “It is heartbreaking to lose my third
DRC is that speed matters," he says. "Early delays in detecting cases, isolating patients and engaging communities can allow transmission chains to expand very quickly." Another point, he explains, is that outbreaks cannot be controlled
Ebola was likely to have started "a couple of months ago". On Sunday, the WHO declared a public health emergency of international concern, but said it was not at pandemic level. Ghebreyesus said that after
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