Ebola Outbreak: Attackers Burn Down Another Clinic In DRC As Outbreak Rages
Key takeaways
- At least 18 people with suspected cases of Ebola fled during the attack, Dr.
- Three more positive cases of Ebola were reported in Uganda, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in an update on social media, bringing the total number of cases in the country to five.
- The Ministry of Health said it was monitoring all people who were in contact with the new cases.
Topline. A second treatment facility for suspected Ebola cases was burned down in the Democratic Republic of Congo, at a hospital in the province at the center of the outbreak, causing 18 patients who doctors believe have contracted the disease to flee into the local community.
One American who contracted Ebola is receiving treatment in Germany. AFP via Getty Images Timeline SATURDAY, MAY 23, 2026Unidentified attackers burned down a tent being used to treat Ebola victims in Mongbwalu, a town in the DRC’s Ituri Province—the region where the outbreak is concentrated, the Associated Press first reported citing the hospital’s director.
At least 18 people with suspected cases of Ebola fled during the attack, Dr. Richard Lokudi, director of the Mongbwalu General Reference Hospital, told the newswire, which he said caused “panic” among the hospital staff.