At Least 930 People Have Died in Congo’s Ebola Outbreak
The outbreak has reached 2,344 confirmed cases, and officials say the rarer Bundibugyo strain has no approved vaccine or treatment.
- The Ministry of Health reported at least 930 deaths among 2,344 confirmed Ebola cases as of Saturday, the health ministry said overnight into Monday.
- Declared on May 15, 2026, the outbreak is caused by the Bundibugyo virus, a rarer strain than the Zaire virus that caused the West African epidemic.
- Spanning the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, this fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record recorded thirty-seven new deaths in the previous 24 hours.
- The Ebola virus spreads through direct contact with infected bodily fluids, typically beginning with flu-like symptoms including high temperature and extreme tiredness before progressing to severe complications.
- Health workers at the Rwampara Treatment Center in Ituri, Congo, continue treating patients as efforts focus on managing symptoms and curbing viral transmission amid the outbreak.
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The number of victims of the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo rose to 930, among the dead — dozens of medical peopleIn DR Congo, the number of deaths from Ebola reached 930 people, 37 new deaths were recorded per day. WHO warns of rapid the spread of the Bundibujo virus, for which there is no vaccine.
Nearly 1,000 people have been confirmed dead in the Ebola outbreak in Congo-Kinshasa, according to the country's health ministry.
There are 2,344 confirmed cases of the disease in the DRC, including 930 deaths, according to WHO.
The symptoms of the rare Bundibugyo strain seem to get worse slowly, leaving patients sick enough to transmit the virus, but not so weakened as to prevent them from circulating in their communities. Some doctors call this "walking Ebola." The pattern that emerged in the Democratic Republic of the Congo caught the attention of virologist Corri Levine, who dedicated her doctoral research to Bundibugyo years before he caused the fastest-growing Ebo…
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