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August 19, 2026 11:04 AM

Ebola cases in Congo exceed 5,000, government data shows

The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo now exceeds 5,000, government data showed late on Tuesday, as health officials warn that response efforts are failing to contain the deadly disease. Congo's 17th Ebola epidemic turned into the biggest in the country's history in terms of number of cases in late July and over the weekend the death toll hit 2,378, the public health institute said, surpassing the previous worst outbreak in 2018-2020. The institute has so far ...

July 16, 2026 9:18 AM

US quarantine order for Americans returning from Congo will hurt Ebola response, aid group says

Washington's newpolicy that says American citizens returning from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where there is an Ebola outbreak, must spend 21 days in a third country before entering the U.S. will hinder the response to the epidemic, the head of a large American aid group said. Franklin Graham, the CEO of an organization that operates Ebola treatment centers and deploys what he described as the largest number of American responders in Congo, said that he will have to scale back the mission...

July 15, 2026 3:29 PM

MSF urges Ebola response scale-up as Congo outbreak nears 2,000 cases

The Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo is spreading faster than efforts to contain it, global medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warned on Wednesday, calling for an urgent expansion of containment and care measures. The number of confirmed Ebola cases had tripled in less than five weeks to 1,926, including 702 deaths, as of Sunday, official data showed, making it the third-largest and the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record, according to MSF. The charity oper...

July 14, 2026 9:22 AM

US to block citizens in Congo from immediate travel home, citing Ebola

The Trump administration on Monday said it is blocking American citizens in the Democratic Republic of Congo from traveling to the U.S. on commercial flights, according to a White House official. The order, which is being taken under a transportation authority known as Title 49, will place U.S. citizens in Congo or those who have recently left on a “do-not-board” list until they have spent at least 21 days in a third country, the person said. The new restrictions come amid a wideni...

June 25, 2026 12:56 AM

France reports Ebola case in doctor returning from Congo

A doctor who recently returned to France from a humanitarian mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo has tested positive for Ebola, marking the country’s first confirmed case linked to the current outbreak, the French health ministry said on Wednesday. The patient has been placed in isolation and health authorities are tracing contacts, the ministry said in a statement, adding that the risk to the wider European population was low. The five people sitting close to him on the plane to Fra...

June 13, 2026 7:21 PM

Ebola cases in DR Congo rise to 689; death toll reaches 139

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reported a rise in Ebola infections, with the total number of confirmed cases reaching 689, including 139 deaths, according to the latest situation report released by the country's health authorities. The report said 17 new confirmed cases and five additional deaths were recorded on Thursday, all in the eastern province of Ituri. The outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus, has spread across 29 health zones in...

June 3, 2026 10:25 AM

India sends 45.5 tonnes of medical aid to support Africa’s Ebola response

India has extended urgent medical assistance to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to support efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in parts of Africa, following a request from the African Union Commission. The assistance is aimed at strengthening public health preparedness and enhancing regional response capacities in affected countries. As part of its support, India dispatched the first tranche of about 2.5 tonnes of emergency medical supplies to Kampa...

June 2, 2026 4:55 PM

Protests over US Ebola site in Kenya kill two, court keeps block

A Kenyan court blocked on Tuesday for another three weeks a proposed U.S. Ebola quarantine facility that has triggered protests killing two people and ordered the government to disclose its agreement with Washington. The proposed 50-bed unit on an air force base in central Kenya for Americans exposed to the virus in Democratic Republic of Congo or Uganda has angered many Kenyans. They accuse the U.S. of offloading the health risk of caring for patients. A Kenyan court last week temporarily sus...

June 1, 2026 10:10 AM

Ebola recoveries bring signs of hope in DRC as suspected cases emerge outside Africa

Four nurses who were being treated for Ebola caused by the Bundibugyo strain of the virus have been discharged from a hospital in Bunia in the Democratic Republic of Congo after recovering from the disease, the World Health Organization said on Sunday. More recoveries are expected, especially when people are diagnosed early and able to access care, and as the response to the outbreak intensifies. A laboratory worker had also recovered earlier this week, the agency said, bringing the total numb...

May 28, 2026 2:30 PM

Africa CDC thanks India for pharmaceutical aid to support Ebola containment in DR Congo

India has dispatched emergency pharmaceutical supplies as part of efforts to contain the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). The Ethiopia-headquartered Africa CDC said in a social media post that the consignment, donated by the Government of India, was received in Uganda by its Eastern Africa Regional Coordinating Centre and will be deployed to affected communities in eastern DR Congo. T...