• Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak reaches 1 926 cases in DRC as U.S. tightens travel measures

    ByReet Kaur

    The Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reached 1 926 confirmed cases and 702 deaths, according to the country’s latest official figures reported on July 13. The epidemic has expanded across five provinces as international response efforts intensify, experimental countermeasures advance, and the United States introduces new travel measures aimed at reducing the risk of international spread.

  • WHO declares PHEIC over cross-border Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in DRC and Uganda

    ByTeo Blašković

    The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Ebola disease outbreak caused by Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on May 17, 2026, after confirmed international spread and concerns that undetected transmission could complicate containment efforts. The declaration, issued under the International Health…

  • DR Congo declares new Ebola outbreak in Equateur Province

    ByTeo Blašković

    The health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared a new outbreak of Ebola on April 23, 2022, after a case was confirmed in Mbandaka, a city in the north-western Equateur Province. This is the third outbreak in the province since 2018.

  • Uganda confirms new Ebola case as 9 year old girl dies

    ByJulie Celestial

    Uganda reported another case of Ebola disease on August 29, 2019, as 9-year-old girl from the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo died from the virus. The child crossed the border between Uganda and Congo with her mother on August 28, 2019, in hopes of finding…

  • Ebola outbreak unlikely to be contained, DR Congo

    ByTeo Blašković

    At least 1 117 people have died in world's second largest Ebola outbreak currently affecting DR Congo. WHO said the outbreak is 'unlikely' to be contained amid continued insecurity. Since the beginning of the epidemic, the accumulated cases rose to 1…

  • Ebola outbreak declared in Democratic Republic of Congo

    ByTeo Blašković

    Health authorities are reporting an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This is the first Ebola outbreak since the end of the West Africa outbreak in 2016, and the first in the country since November 2014. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)…