WHO to hold emergency committee meeting as Ebola death toll rises to 131
outbreak’s epicentre is in the northeastern province of Ituri [on the border with Uganda](/video/newsfeed/2026/5/16/outbreak-of-rare-strain-of-ebola-claims-at-least-65-lives-in-dr-congo) and South Sudan, whose status as a gold-mining hub leads to people regularly crisscrossing it.
The virus