More than 70 medics infected with Ebola as DRC outbreak spreads ‘fast’
Key takeaways
- Aid cuts and poor sanitation are deepening fears that Ebola is spreading through displacement camps.
- A senior World Health Organization (WHO) official confirmed the death toll on Friday and said that 75 healthcare workers had contracted the virus since Congolese authorities declared the outbreak on May 15 .
- “The outbreak remains serious” and is “evolving so fast”, said WHO emergency director Marie Roseline Belizaire.
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Aid cuts and poor sanitation are deepening fears that Ebola is spreading through displacement camps.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo DRC health workers retrieve the body of an Ebola virus victim from Rwampara Hospital morgue in Ituri province, June 09, 2026 [Anadolu Agency]By AFP, AP and Reuters Published On 19 Jun 202619 Jun 2026Seventeen medics have died from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as the death toll surpasses 200 in an outbreak tearing through a health system already weakened by years of conflict, displacement and chronic underfunding.
A senior World Health Organization (WHO) official confirmed the death toll on Friday and said that 75 healthcare workers had contracted the virus since Congolese authorities declared the outbreak on May 15 .