Health officials raise alarm over new Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
Key takeaways
- Concern is high regarding the potential spread of the virus amid a precarious security situation in the affected area, which borders Uganda and South Sudan.
- Concern is high regarding the potential spread of the virus, with efforts to control it complicated by a precarious security situation in the affected area, which sits on the border with Uganda and South Sudan.
- The DRC government struggles to secure the east of the country due to activity by armed groups seeking control of valuable mineral deposits.
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Concern is high regarding the potential spread of the virus amid a precarious security situation in the affected area, which borders Uganda and South Sudan.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Africa CDC said it is concerned about the risk of this new outbreak spreading due to intense population movement, violence in affected areas, and control challenges [File: Sam Mednick/AP]By AFP and The Associated Press Published On 15 May 202615 May 2026Health officials have raised the alarm over an outbreak of the Ebola virus in a remote region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the continent’s top public health body, said on Friday that it has recorded 246 suspected Ebola cases and 65 deaths in the Ituri province in the northeast of the country.