Ebola in DR Congo sees record first-month caseload
Key takeaways
- The UN says the DR Congo has reported 1,000 Ebola cases, the most ever in the first month of any Ebola outbreak in Africa.
- https://p.dw.com/p/5Fu A9Authorities in DR Congo are rapidly responding to the outbreak (FILE: June 18, 2026)Image: Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/REUTERSAdvertisement.
- Officials have confirmed as of Monday more than 1,000 cases and 267 deaths from the current outbreak of the comparatively rare Bundibugyo ebolavirus.
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The UN says the DR Congo has reported 1,000 Ebola cases, the most ever in the first month of any Ebola outbreak in Africa. Meanwhile, Kenya's health minister says he is halting a US-backed Ebola quarantine center.
https://p.dw.com/p/5Fu A9Authorities in DR Congo are rapidly responding to the outbreak (FILE: June 18, 2026)Image: Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/REUTERSAdvertisement. A senior World Health Organization (WHO) official told a briefing in Geneva on Tuesday that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) had the highest number of confirmed cases in its first month of any Ebola outbreak in Africa.
Officials have confirmed as of Monday more than 1,000 cases and 267 deaths from the current outbreak of the comparatively rare Bundibugyo ebolavirus.