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WHO to hold emergency committee meeting as Ebola death toll rises to 131

toll from the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has risen to an estimated 131 deaths from 513 suspected cases, Health Minister Samuel Roger Kamba says. Previous figures from the epidemic

Lives and incomes lost as Ebola takes toll on Bunia’s public-facing workers

deaths, making it the largest in the country and second-largest globally. [Modelling](https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/75/wr/mm7522e1.htm?s_cid=OS_mm7522e1_w) by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the US shows that the current outbreak could affect more

This Ebola outbreak raises questions about when it all began -- and the U.S. response

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, a border health officer at the Busunga crossing between Uganda

Ebola outbreak: When will a vaccine be developed for the new strain?

toll from the latest strain of the Ebola outbreak has risen to an estimated 131 deaths from 513 suspected cases, Health Minister Samuel Roger Kamba told the media on Tuesday. Over the past 24 hours

Ebola death toll in DR Congo climbs to 101

toll in DR Congo climbs to 101 The Democratic Republic of the Congo has reported 101 confirmed Ebola deaths, expressing concern over armed groups hindering the response in the hardest-hit province of [Ituri.](/news/2026/5/28/who-chief-heads-to-hardest-hit-ituri-as-drcs-17th-ebola-outbreak-spreads

DRC health minister warns ‘very high’ Ebola lethality rate as toll hits 80

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

How contagious is Ebola? And how worried should you be about the current outbreak?

toll? More than 600 suspected cases and 139 suspected-Ebola deaths. Loading... The vast majority of the cases are in a province in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo — a remote place struggling after decades