WHO Disease Outbreak News

2026-DON615 — Ebola outbreak update

Confirmed (report)

4,665

Deaths (report)

2,184

Recovered (report)

986

Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus - Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is in a phase of intense transmission. It is the largest Ebola outbreak ever reported in the country and expanding faster than any previous Ebola outbreak. The epidemic is increasingly characterized by sustained transmission within interconnected geographic clusters. Initially confined to the Mongbwalu health zone in Ituri Province, the outbreak has now expanded to 54 health zones across six provinces (Ituri, North Kivu, South Ki…

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