The National Public Health Agency (NPHA) has stepped up surveillance at all entry points into Sierra Leone following the confirmation of an imported Ebola case and death in Kenya. Kenya on Tuesday confirmed its first case after a Kenyan citizen who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) travelled by road to Uganda before flying to…
The United Nations (UN) says Ebola virus continues to spread in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with more than 3,200 deaths reported. UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric gave the update on Tuesday while briefing journalists at the UN headquarters in New York. “Today, our Humanitarian Coordinator, Damien Mama, began a four-day visit to North Kivu…
World Health Organisation says Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is now the deadliest the country has ever faced. WHO, in a statement on Monday, said the disease had killed 2,325 people, surpassing the 2,299 deaths recorded in the DRC’s 2018-2020 outbreak, which was previously the country’s deadliest, according to local authorities. National authorities declared…
The Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo remains active, with sustained transmission driving increases in reported cases and deaths. As of July 15, 2026, a cumulative total of 2124 confirmed cases, including 828 deaths, have been reported from the DRC. The World Health Organisation (WHO) made this known in a statement on Friday….
France on Wednesday confirmed its first Ebola case in the country during the current outbreak, as a doctor returning from a humanitarian mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo tested positive. The ministry in a statement said the patient has been placed in isolation and health authorities are tracing contacts adding that the risk to the wider European…
