Ebola

Rebel-held eastern Congo records new Ebola case after declaring outbreak over

FILE PHOTO: Displaced people watch a health worker in full personal protective equipment (PPE) preparing to disinfect the area during the burial of suspected Ebola victims at the Kigonze displaced persons camp in Bunia, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 18, 2026. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/File Photo

Health officials turn to mobile-phone data to track Ebola spread in Congo

FILE PHOTO: A drone view of workers at the Ceca-20 cemetery, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain an Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus, in Mungwalu, Djugu Territory of Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, July 14, 2026. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/File Photo

WHO's Tedros says Ebola response must be scaled up to tackle Congo outbreak

FILE PHOTO: Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tours the Evangelical Medical Center (CEM), one of the facilities at the forefront of the response to the Ebola outbreak during his visit to coordinate the response to the Ebola outbreak, as agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus strain, in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 31, 2026. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/ File Photo

Congo’s Ebola outbreak kills more than 3,000, government figures show

The outbreak is now second only to the 2014-2016 West African outbreak.

UK pledges additional £50 million to help contain Ebola outbreak in Congo

FILE PHOTO: UNICEF staff and airport workers receive an aircraft carrying medical supplies as authorities and aid agencies intensified efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak at the Bunia National Airport in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 19, 2026. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/File Photo

More than 6,000 people infected with Ebola in Congo, government figures show

FILE PHOTO: Displaced people watch a health worker in full personal protective equipment (PPE) preparing to disinfect the area during the burial of suspected Ebola victims at the Kigonze displaced persons camp in Bunia, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 18, 2026. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/File Photo

WHO says Ebola outbreak in Uganda is over, as cases rise in Congo

FILE PHOTO: Displaced people watch a health worker in full personal protective equipment (PPE) preparing to disinfect the area during the burial of suspected Ebola victims at the Kigonze displaced persons camp in Bunia, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 18, 2026, one month after the outbreak was declared. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/File Photo

Ebola spreading exponentially in Congo as death toll tops 2,500, UN says

Health workers were coming under attack by locals angered and terrified by the outbreak.

Congo's M23 rebels introduce new movement restrictions over Ebola concerns

FILE PHOTO: A member of the M23 rebel group stands guard as provincial authorities visit the Rodolphe Merieux Laboratory, National Biomedical Research Institute (INRB), where samples from suspected Ebola cases are tested, as part of the response to the epidemic in Goma, North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, May 19, 2026. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi/File Photo

Ebola is spreading faster beyond Congo epicentre, straining outbreak response

The government also cited weaknesses in surveillance, infection control, safe burials and logistics as obstacles to interrupting transmission.

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