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current Ituri outbreak shares some of the complicating elements of the 2018 to 2020 outbreak. “First, the number of suspected cases reported before confirmation suggests transmission may have been ongoing for several weeks before
DRC said she anticipates the outbreak to last at least another two months. In the US, Dr Satish Pillai, the incident manager for the CDC Ebola response, told reporters in a phone call that plans
outbreak was “hitting a country already stretched to breaking point” due to ongoing conflict and years of aid cuts. First identified in 1976 in what is now the DRC, Ebola is a highly contagious
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
DRC’s outbreak in Ituri province, to support affected communities. The new strain of the virus currently has no approved [vaccine](/news/2026/5/21/ebola-outbreak-when-will-a-vaccine-be-developed-for-the-new-strain) or treatment, and the WHO declared it an emergency of international concern
DRC has had [16 outbreaks of Ebola](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/10/ebola-disease-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-drc-kasai) since the virus was identified there in 1976. Typically they have had the Zaire strain of Ebola, for which vaccines are available. However, Africa
outbreak from escalating further,” she added. ## What is Ebola? Ebola is a severe and often fatal viral disease first identified in 1976 near the Ebola River in what is now the DRC. The virus
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 added. The Congolese authorities
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
outbreak of the disease, which has killed more than 15,000 people in Africa in the past half-century. Kamba cautioned that the current death toll was an estimate and further research was needed
outbreak](https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/may/15/ebola-outbreak-drc-africa-deaths) that has killed an estimated 131 people in the DRC. Gigi Gronvall, an immunologist and associate professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, rejected Rubio’s criticism
current outbreak unfold with growing alarm. "My concern is very high," says Bhadelia. What's fueling that feeling? First, this strain does not have vaccines or specific treatments. Second, this outbreak took a while
outbreak. Satish Pillai, an incident manager for the CDC’s [Ebola](https://www.theguardian.com/world/ebola) response, said he “can’t speak” to the NIH lab when the Guardian asked about it in a press conference
currently no approved vaccine for this strain of the Ebola virus. A vaccine named Ervebo, manufactured by Merck, which was used against the Zaire strain of Ebola, has been shown to provide some protection against
current response in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In a statement to [NPR on Monday](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/18/g-s1-122655/ebola-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-uganda), the State Department said it was "false to claim that the USAID reform has negatively impacted
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 epidemiological evidence, ongoing risk assessments, and the highly serious nature of EVD (Ebola virus disease)”, the CDC and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) [said](https://www.cdc.gov/ebola/situation-summary/title-42-order.html) earlier on Monday that they would
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