█ EBOLA OUTBREAK TRACKER // BUNDIBUGYO STRAIN // DRC & UGANDA 2026 _
UPDATED July 4, 2026 · 8:34 AM CDT CT
> OUTBREAK STATUS
Strain Bundibugyo
Incubation 2–21 days
Viral Shedding mos. post-recovery
semen: up to 500+ days
corpses infectious for days
Vaccine NONE approved
> BY COUNTRY
DRC (Ituri/NK/SK) 1,502c / 473d · 4 provinces · 31+ zones · CFR 31%
Uganda 20c / 2d · 1 child positive · BORDER CLOSED
Rwanda BORDER CLOSED
USA (Milwaukee) 3 monitoring · low-risk travelers
France 1 confirmed · ALIMA doctor · very low viral load · STABLE · 5 contacts isolated
Germany Stafford RECOVERED ✓ discharged Jun 7
Czech Republic 1 (monitoring)
Canada 90-day ban (DRC/UGA/SSD)
Bahamas 30-day ban
Israel entry ban · DRC/UGA/SSD/RWA/KEN
Jordan / Bahrain entry ban (May 19)
Brazil 2 tested · alt dx (not ruled out)
Italy 1 tested · NEGATIVE ✓
India / Thailand / Mexico screening ↑
s=suspected c=confirmed d=deaths
> RECENT UPDATES
2026-07-03 [src] DRC government data: confirmed Ebola cases rise to 1,502, including 473 deaths (Friday, Jul 3) • Uganda: 20 / 2 · France: 1 / 0 • global total: 1,523 confirmed / 475 deaths · CFR 31%
2026-07-01 [src] WHO Disease Outbreak News: 1,460 confirmed / 452 deaths in DRC as of Jul 1 — transmission continuing to spread into new health zones • Uganda: 20 confirmed (2 deaths) + 1 probable fatal case as of Jul 2, last confirmed Uganda case Jun 21 • France: lab-confirmed BVD case (ALIMA doctor) notified to WHO Jun 24 • WHO risk assessment (updated Jun 6): DRC VERY HIGH, Uganda + neighbours HIGH, rest of African Region + global LOW • historical Bundibugyo CFRs: 2007 outbreak 30%, 2012 outbreak 50%
2026-06-30 [src] ✓ UK/Glasgow NEGATIVE — patient admitted to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital and tested for suspected Ebola; result: negative · no ward closures · risk to public remains low
2026-06-30 [src] DRC (official, Monday update): 1,307 confirmed / 377 deaths • Uganda: 20 / 2 · France: 1 / 0 • global total: 1,328 confirmed / 379 deaths · CFR 29% • ⚠ gatherings ban issued in 4 provinces including Kinshasa — issued Saturday ahead of planned July 8 anti-constitutional-reform protest; opposition calls ban "politically motivated" • Al Jazeera from Rwampara treatment centre: health workers lack protective gear, medicines, rapid test kits, body bags • tents set on fire by angry mob last month • funeral transmission: families touch bodies over several days — aid workers struggling to arrange safe burials amid community mistrust
2026-06-29 [src] [src2] ⚠ FOURTH PROVINCE: Haut-Uélé — entire northeast DRC (~15 million people) now affected • case traveled from Bunia (Ituri's capital) into Haut-Uélé; that person has since died (INRB) • Haut-Uélé borders South Sudan and Central African Republic • Ituri: 1,165 confirmed / 301 deaths (epicentre) • DRC total: 1,274 confirmed / 360 deaths · CFR 28% • Uganda: 20 / 2 · France: 1 / 0 • global total: 1,295 confirmed / 362 deaths • clinical trials set to begin in coming days (WHO)
2026-06-26 [src] 🚨 CDC RAISES EBOLA RESPONSE TO LEVEL 1 — highest designation — reserved for most severe health crises: previous Level 1 responses include Hurricane Katrina (2005), swine flu (2009–10), West Africa Ebola (2014–16), Zika (2016–17) • DRC: 1,200+ confirmed / 321 deaths · Uganda: 20 · France: 1 · total 1,221+ / 323 • 19 CDC staff deployed overseas + 125+ already on ground • $107M emergency funding committed • White House seeking $1.4B+ from Congress including $800M for Kenya quarantine center • experimental Ebola treatment doses being sent to Africa • 2,500 diagnostic tests deploying • 25 local field epidemiologists trained for areas CDC staff cannot access
2026-06-26 [src] ⚠ 297 confirmed cases with UNKNOWN WHEREABOUTS — Africa CDC Kaseya: "Where are these people?" — DRC: 1,118 confirmed / 291 deaths · Uganda: 20/2 · France: 1 · total 1,139 / 293 • WHO/Lancet ID modeling: 8,210 cases / 1,420 deaths by mid-September (central scenario) · worst-case: 66,000 cases by September · 70% probability spread to South Sudan in coming weeks • this outbreak is largest in Ebola history at 5 weeks post-declaration (West Africa at same stage: 239 cases / 160 deaths) • only 13% of $910M pledged has been delivered; total needed: $1.4B with humanitarian costs • DRC authorities: 21-day wait required before onward travel from affected provinces
2026-06-25 [src] ⚠ SYSTEM NEAR BREAKING POINT: 95% bed occupancy in Ebola treatment centers — "we haven't reached the peak yet" — Kaseya: "If we don't stop this outbreak now, for sure it will be the largest Ebola outbreak ever" • contact tracing: 30% (needs 80% to break chain · most Ituri positives NOT on health workers' radar) • 20,000 paid community health workers being recruited from affected communities • IDP camps: estimated 120 contacts per infected person (vs. 20 standard · 40 urban) • 🧪 CLINICAL TRIALS starting next week: remdesivir vs. remdesivir + MBP-134 monoclonal antibody (treatment) · MBP-134 arriving Bunia Friday · obeldesivir oral post-exposure prophylaxis trial mid-July (1,200 enrolled)
2026-06-25 [src] 🧪 Only 10% of patients show bleeding (vs. ~40% expected for Ebola) — causing community denial: "Before, it was bleeding. We haven't seen any bleeding in our sick relative, so you're lying to us" • 50%+ patients arriving at advanced stage — early symptoms milder than Zaire, delaying care-seeking • WHO Ihekweazu: "We're facing an outbreak that we're just, to be honest, beginning to understand" • Peter Piot (co-discoverer of Ebola Zaire): "I have never seen this many cases this quickly. Without peace I fear we will not stop this."
2026-06-25 [src] ⚠ FRANCE CASE FOLLOW-UP — patient identified as ALIMA (Alliance for International Medical Action) doctor • flew Air France Kinshasa→Paris · "almost asymptomatic — except for headaches" · condition "slightly deteriorated during the flight" • very low viral load · stable • 5 flight passengers isolated as possible contacts • PM Lecornu monitoring "very closely" · Health Min. Rist: risk of transmission "remains low" • ALIMA seeking to understand how contamination occurred — humanitarian workers normally require 3-week quarantine after contact with infected cases • first time France has detected Ebola on its territory (2014: two patients transported from abroad, diagnosed before arrival) • WHO Tedros: global risk "remains low"
2026-06-24 [src] ⚠ FRANCE CONFIRMS FIRST EUROPEAN EBOLA CASE — first case outside Africa in 2026 outbreak · doctor returned from humanitarian mission in DRC · stable · isolated in specialised facility • contact tracing underway · 21-day home isolation for contacts • 1,094 DRC confirmed · 277 deaths • Uganda: 20 confirmed (up from 19) • WHO Tedros: global risk "remains low" · "a reminder of risks faced by frontline responders" • France sets up dedicated monitoring for aid workers returning from DRC • 17 of 75 health workers infected in DRC have died
2026-06-22 [src] ⚠ UNICEF: 2.95 million children at risk — 54% of population in 31 affected health zones • children = 15% of confirmed cases · 25%+ of confirmed deaths • children almost twice as likely to die as adults • 135 orphaned children in Ituri receiving psychosocial support • first nursery opened for infants separated from parents in treatment • Uganda: 1 child positive · 19 under quarantine • UNICEF seeking $70.7M — $20M still unfunded
2026-06-23 [src] ⚠ WHO: HIGHEST FIRST-MONTH CASE TOTAL OF ANY EBOLA OUTBREAK IN HISTORY — 1,003+ confirmed · 267 deaths · CFR 27% • detected late — virus circulating months before May 15 declaration • urban spread (Bunia, Mongbwalu) unprecedented vs. past rural outbreaks • WHO Mahamud: "outbreak is moving faster than us" • ⚠ 3 displacement camps now affected — 25 confirmed · 14 deaths (IOM) · Kigonze camp: 4 children died Monday • 500+ Ebola beds now (up from 250 two weeks ago) • community resistance beginning to abate
2026-06-22 [src] ⚠ MILESTONE: DRC CROSSES 1,000 CONFIRMED CASES — 1,003 confirmed · 254 deaths · CFR 25% • total combined DRC + Uganda: 1,022 confirmed · 256 deaths
2026-06-17 [src] 📋 WHO: first-ever comprehensive filovirus guidelines — 16 evidence-based recommendations — covers all Ebola and Marburg strains • emphasizes early supportive care as foundation for all other interventions • key recs: laboratory monitoring to identify treatable complications (hypoglycaemia, metabolic disruptions), rapid oral/IV rehydration, serial vital-sign monitoring, vasoactive medications for shock, antibiotics for bacterial coinfections, structured survivor after-care to prevent re-transmission from viral persistence • Tedros: "The current Bundibugyo virus outbreak is a stark reminder of the need for diligent, holistic and person-focused medical care" • designed to harmonize clinical care across health systems and inform preparedness planning
2026-06-15 [src] ✓ 37 WHO-confirmed recoveries — including a US citizen (humanitarian worker in DRC) • 16-month-old baby + mother recovered & discharged from Rwampara Treatment Center • DRC: 837 confirmed / 196 deaths as of June 15 · Ituri = 93% of all cases • Uganda: 19 confirmed / 2 deaths + 1 probable case + 1 probable death • ⚠ CDC MMWR (2026;75[22]:285-289): without large-scale sustained intervention, outbreak could reach 2014–16 West Africa scale — 28,000+ cases, 11,000+ deaths • Kate White (MSF): "No one knows the true scale or exactly where the disease is spreading in Congo"
2026-06-17 [src] 🧪 NEW RESEARCH (Nature Microbiology): Ebola hides in the brain — Mount Sinai + BNITM study using cerebral organoids: Ebola virus can survive undetected in the CNS for months or years after infection • infects neurons, astrocytes, and microglia (brain immune cells) • "productive persistence" — virus remains actively infectious, not dormant • triggers local brain inflammation — consistent with survivors developing meningoencephalitis, eye inflammation months later • virus develops defective genomes and mutations to evade immune clearance • replication confirmed up to 120 days in organoid model • explicitly calls for expanded study of Bundibugyo virus persistence • raises risk of relapse and retransmission from survivors
2026-06-16 [src] ⚠ Red Cross: "The peak is in front of us — we are afraid this could last one year" — IFRC ops manager Bruno Michon speaking from Bunia • 808 confirmed / 192 deaths (DRC, per WHO) • "intense community transmission continues" • dire lack of testing capacity • Red Cross volunteers facing verbal abuse, threats and physical attacks • "Trust is central. Without trust, we cannot stop transmission."
2026-06-16 [src] ⚠ Africa CDC: outbreak could be WORST EVER — worse than 2014-16 West Africa (11,000+ deaths) — DG Jean Kaseya at AU heads-of-state virtual summit: "If we don't stop the outbreak very soon it will be worse than what we had in West Africa" • tens of thousands of contacts untraced
2026-06-16 [src] ⚠ WHO: virus still spreading, "we are missing cases" — total surged to 800+, up ~300 since last week • WHO Incident Manager Dr. Belizaire: "One month after declaration, I'm still feeling concerned" • 3,000 contacts unaccounted for • security forces fired warning shots to stop crowd seizing Ebola victim's body • Uganda: no new cases in 11 days • Uganda health director: "Putting a tight ribbon on porous borders is almost impossible — it's like stopping wind from blowing"
2026-06-15 [src] ⚠ RECORD SURGE: 72 new cases in 24h · 32 new deaths — total now 782 confirmed / 181 deaths / 56 recovered · CFR 23% • 359 in isolation • contact tracing DROPPED to 56% (was 70%+) • 106 new cases + 45 new deaths since Jun 12 • Ituri: 717 confirmed / 20 health zones • North Kivu: 62 confirmed / 10 health zones • South Kivu: 3 / 1 zone • 2 new health zones since Jun 12 (1 Ituri, 1 N.Kivu) • Africa CDC Jean Kaseya: "urgently mobilize resources"
2026-06-15 [src] ⚠ NPR on the ground in Bunia — Bunia: 212 confirmed (single highest city count) • sick man vomited blood on motorbike taxi driver in city center, died on the spot — driver fled • Clinique Universelle hospital SHUT DOWN after positive case — staff working without PPE • Dr. Mazirane, 38: "We're not afraid, we're very afraid" — fears leaving his children behind if he dies • 85%+ of DRC population lives on $3/day • community volunteer Kasongo, 25: going door-to-door amid denial and fear
2026-06-13 [src] ⚠ Israel entry ban — non-citizens/non-residents who visited DRC, Uganda, South Sudan, Rwanda, or Kenya within 21 days barred from entry • Bundibugyo strain risk cited • travelers with fever/symptoms within 21 days urged to isolate & contact ministry hotline • advises against non-essential travel to DRC/Uganda
2026-06-13 [src] ⚠ WHO DG Tedros: "really worried" after second field visit to outbreak zone — 708 confirmed / 141 deaths combined DRC + Uganda • NOW THE 3RD LARGEST EBOLA OUTBREAK ON RECORD • DRC residents see Ebola as "a lesser evil" amid war, hunger, and other disease • warring factions, food insecurity, and displacement compounding response
2026-06-12 [src] ▲ WHO: outbreak "continues to expand" in case count and geography — new zones identified almost daily • local community spread now in new areas (no longer just travel-linked) • "many blind spots in high-risk areas" • contact tracing: 70%+ (up from 45% two weeks ago, still below 90% threshold) • 250 isolation beds — not enough, scaling needed urgently • "scale much bigger than what is being detected" • 119 suspected • 32 recovered (DRC) • Uganda: 2 confirmed deaths • African Union: Uganda "under control"
2026-06-12 [src] ⚠ CRITICAL: 676 confirmed · 136 deaths · CFR 20.1% • Uganda: 19 confirmed • ⚠ Ebola confirmed in Kpangba displacement camp — 30,000 refugees — 2 confirmed deaths (mother & daughter, May 31–Jun 1) • UNHCR: "risk of spreading quickly is high and worrying" • tarp-walled tents, hundreds sharing toilets, open defecation • 5 million+ displaced people in the 3 affected provinces • Danish Refugee Council: "Ebola in these camps will spread extremely quickly — people will flee whether or not they're contacts"
2026-06-10 [src] ▲ 635 confirmed / 127 deaths / 30 recovered — 37 new cases + 12 deaths in 24h, all Ituri • ⚠ NEW ZONE: Tchomia — Lake Albert shore, ~50km south of Bunia • now 26 zones nationwide / 18 in Ituri (94%+ of cases) • treatment centres active in Bunia + Rwampara
2026-06-09 [src] ⚠ Trump admin requests European travel bans for World Cup (starts Jun 11) — Belgium refuses • EC: "no evidence additional measures needed" • 598 confirmed / 115 deaths / CFR 19.2% / 297 in treatment • WHO rapid risk assessment: DRC very high, Uganda + neighbours high
2026-06-09 [src] ⚠ Lancet Infectious Diseases: actual outbreak size could be up to 1,354 cases — two scenario models (CFR-33% model: 1,164 by May 27 • travel/population model: 1,354 by May 27) • "considerable knowledge gaps" and "possibly substantially undetected transmission"
2026-06-09 [src] ▲ 550 confirmed / 101 confirmed deaths / 94 suspected — British Red Cross update • Rwampara and Mongwalu remain hardest-hit (dense mining communities with transient populations) • Uganda: 19 confirmed / 2 suspected deaths • 44 attacks on DRC healthcare facilities since Jan 2025
2026-06-09 [src] ⚠ CDC: 4 US airports designated for Ebola screening — IAD (May 20), ATL (May 22), IAH (May 26), JFK (May 28) • HHS interim final rule extends entry suspension to lawful permanent residents (LPRs) under 42 CFR Part 71.40 • automated text follow-up to all screened travelers
2026-06-07 [src] ✓ DR. PETER STAFFORD DISCHARGED — RECOVERED — released from Charité Berlin after experimental treatment • "significant therapeutic success" • wife Dr. Rebekah + 4 children also discharged, quarantine lifted • Stafford: "My thoughts are with the people in Congo, who do not have access to this level of care"
2026-06-05 [src] ⚠ CDC MMWR: 20,000+ cases / 4,000 deaths possible in 3 months — 65% probability if only 20% of cases isolate within 2 days • if 70% isolate → 94% chance <10,000 cases • "scope of outbreak is likely larger than available data represents" • outbreak may have begun February 2026 • current trajectory: more momentum than 2014 West Africa outbreak at detection (28,000 total) • CDC: isolation is the single most critical lever
2026-06-05 [src] ⚠ USAID dismantled + CDC funding cuts = severely weakened response capacity — Konyndyk (Refugees Intl): "We are just in a much, much weaker position now than 18–24 months ago" • Nuzzo (Brown): "The US has spent much of the time on the sidelines" • CDC: US domestic risk remains low but could rise if outbreak reaches urban international hubs • 635 confirmed / 127 deaths as of Jun 10
2026-06-04 [src] ⚠ CRITICAL: Ebola reaches ISIS-controlled Mambasa — health workers cannot enter the area • containment and contact tracing impossible • chaotic, violent conditions • WHO has continuously warned community trust is essential to control
2026-06-04 [src] ⚠ USA — Milwaukee, WI: 3 low-risk travelers monitored — returning from Africa • no symptoms • no known Ebola contact • City Health Dept coordinating with state & federal partners • "no public health concern for residents" • not suspected cases
2026-06-04 [src] ▲ DRC: 363 confirmed • 62 deaths • 19 new cases • 25 health zones (Ituri: 17/36 • N.Kivu: 7 • S.Kivu: 1) • ⚠ Burial team attacked in Katana (S.Kivu, rebel-held) — coffin abandoned, body handled by community = high transmission risk • Second attack in Bunia (Ituri) at cemetery — 4 injured • community members questioning cause of death • Progress: 32 Rwampara contacts cleared after 21-day monitoring • Goma patient discharged, reunited with family
2026-06-03 [src] ▲ Tedros: "we're catching up" — "outbreak had a big head start, and we're still behind, but catching up" • 8 total recoveries (6 DRC + 2 Uganda) • 1,445 tests done clearing almost all backlog; ~1/3 positive • 116 suspected awaiting results • team now working through 220 suspected deaths to determine Ebola cause • contact tracing at 45% — needs >90% to stay ahead • outbreak may have begun as early as January 2026 • WHO needs $115M over 3 months — only 35% funded • wider fundraising plan launches Friday with Africa CDC, DRC & Uganda govts • travel bans disrupting supply chains
2026-06-02 [src] ▲ DRC NIPH: 344 confirmed • 60 confirmed deaths — death toll jumped from 48 after North Kivu updated figures (treatment delays, community deaths, patients fleeing care) • 24 health zones now affected • Mambasa newly reached — 100+ miles from Mongbwalu (outbreak origin) • 23 new confirmed cases June 1 alone (11 Mongbwalu, 6 Bunia) • lab backlog cleared: 76 samples analyzed, ~1/3 positive • 4 confirmed cases escaped care (1 Ituri, 3 North Kivu) — "major risk of community transmission" • Red Cross burial teams attacked and beaten at cemetery • Contact tracing (Ituri): 39.3% of contacts reached • Vaccine preprint: licensed Ebola vaccines may generate partial cross-reactive immunity vs Bundibugyo
2026-06-02 [src] Uganda MoH: 15 confirmed total (6 new among contacts) • 12 admitted • 2 discharged • 1 death • IOM warns border closures push people to unmonitored informal crossings — "disease surveillance only as strong as weakest point along a shared border" • IOM: cross-border transmission reinforces need for regional coordination, not isolated national measures
2026-06-02 [src] ▲ WHO: 321 confirmed • 48 confirmed deaths • 6 recovered (DRC) • Suspected cases drop to 116 after hundreds ruled out — "other diseases or just fever" • WHO: "suspected cases fluctuate significantly; confirmed cases are cumulative" • Uganda: 15 confirmed total (6 new among contacts) • 1 associated death
2026-06-02 [src] ⚠ Kenya: 2 protesters killed by police gunfire at Laikipia Air Base • High Court extends block 3 more weeks (next hearing June 23) • govt ordered to disclose all US agreements within 7 days • President Ruto: "We know what we are doing" • US aircraft still flying in staff & equipment
2026-06-01 [src] ▲ Africa CDC: 282 confirmed • 43 confirmed deaths • 1,100+ suspected • 246 suspected deaths • Ituri: 264 of 282 confirmed • DRC/Uganda/South Sudan adopt $319M response plan
2026-06-01 [src] ▲ Contact tracing now at 45% — up from 7% earlier • all 5 survivors are health workers (4 nurses + 1 lab worker) • Dr. Kazadi: "a victory worth celebrating — possible to recover when seeking care early"
2026-06-01 [src] ⚠ Hundreds protest at Laikipia Air Base gates — "Why must they bring it here?" • Laikipia Governor: "This will expose our people to Ebola" • court suspension still in effect • Kenya Health Min: center is for "everyone, not just Americans"
2026-06-01 [src] ✓ Italy: patient from Congo tests NEGATIVE • Brazil: 2 patients — one meningitis, one malaria — Ebola not formally ruled out • Africa CDC Kaseya: "We must move at the speed of the epidemic — this will not be the last outbreak"
2026-05-30 [src] ⚠ Brazil: suspected Ebola case in São Paulo — 37yo man recently returned from DRC • in isolation at infectious diseases institute • not yet confirmed
2026-05-30 [src] ✓ 5 TOTAL RECOVERIES — 4 discharged Sunday at new Bunia treatment center opening • Baraka Bulambulu: "Being able to come out of this alive is an immense source of happiness. Many in the same situation died." • WHO: 134 confirmed total / 18 confirmed deaths
2026-05-30 [src] MSF Dr. Gonzalez: "Never before has an Ebola outbreak recorded so many cases so soon after declaration" • "deeply alarming" • "response has not yet caught up" • hundreds of samples still untested • Uganda: 9 confirmed cases
2026-05-30 [src] New treatment center opened in Bunia • Bunia lab now returns results in 24 hours (was 1,500km to Kinshasa) • nurse Ezo Étienne tested 7 times before confirmed • ADF killed 7 in Beni (North Kivu) Saturday • Tedros: "This is everybody's business"
2026-05-29 [src] ⚠ FUNDING PLEDGED FOR EBOLA HALVED WITHIN DAYS — Africa CDC: pledges fell sharply since start of week • previously $500M announced • money disappearing before it reaches the field
2026-05-29 [src] ⚠ WHO: current Ebola CFR 30–50% based on confirmed cases — Anaïs Legand: "It's huge. Up to 5 out of 10 people are likely to die" • Uganda now 9 confirmed cases • Tedros: travel bans "don't help much"
2026-05-29 [src] Kenya facility: Laikipia Air Base, opens Friday, 50 beds • 30+ US Public Health staff flew over after 3 days training • Americans who test positive won't stay in Kenya — going to as-yet unidentified European countries • Kenyan medical union: 48-hour strike threat unless deal terms released
2026-05-29 [src] Rubio: US pledged $112M to regional response + $13.5M to Kenya • WHO: 4.6 tonnes of aid at Bunia airport • UNICEF sending 100 tonnes • 245,000+ people fled eastern DRC since Jan 2025 • Tedros to Congolese: "you are not alone"
2026-05-29 [src] ▲ 5 schoolchildren killed by Ebola — DRC refuses to close schools in Ituri • Health Min. Kamba: "Our priority is preventive measures, not closures" • deaths linked to self-medication and delays seeking care
2026-05-29 [src] NICD sitrep (May 27): CFR 22.8% among suspected • 14% among confirmed • 4 confirmed deaths are healthcare workers • 13 health zones affected • Ituri: 110 confirmed • North Kivu: 10 confirmed • South Kivu: 1 confirmed
2026-05-29 [src] ⚠ KENYA HIGH COURT BLOCKED US EBOLA QUARANTINE FACILITY — Katiba Institute petition challenged constitutionality • court bars any foreign government from building/opening facility • prohibits admission of anyone exposed to Ebola • Kenyan govt never confirmed any arrangement with US • US planned 50-bed facility (expandable to 250)
2026-05-29 [src] ✓ FIRST PATIENT RECOVERED — discharged May 28 after 2 negative tests • CDC (May 29): 1,077 suspected • 121 confirmed • 246 suspected deaths • 17 confirmed deaths
2026-05-29 [src] Africa CDC: vaccine expected by end of 2026 • 105 people currently in treatment centers • Tedros in Kinshasa, Ituri trip delayed one day • DRC Health Min. Kamba: "We're not in the situation people think internationally"
2026-05-29 [src] Bunia displacement camp, Kingonze: 9 people in 3 square meters of tarpaulin • Dorcas Mapenzi: "If Ebola comes, we'll be wiped out as we're packed like sardines" • Deborah Nzale: "If a single person gets infected here, everyone will die"
2026-05-28 [src] Dr. Esther Sterk (MSF, Mongbwalu): "active transmission ongoing everywhere" • Mongbwalu: 130,000 residents • parts of town now no-go zones • "people dying every day but out of view of health workers" • lab results taking many, many days
2026-05-28 [src] ⚠ Canada's 90-day ban was NOT based on public health advice — driven by FIFA World Cup hosting • WHO explicitly advises against travel restrictions • Africa CDC's Dr. Kaseya: "shame that South Sudan — zero cases — is under travel restriction"
2026-05-28 [src] US / Mexico / Canada joint statement: aligned travel measures for World Cup • Mexico: 21-day quarantine for DRC arrivals • FIFA informing DRC/UGA/SSD ticket holders they may resell tickets
2026-05-28 [src] WHO identifies treatment candidates for trials: Mapp Biopharmaceutical antibody (Sudan-derived, may work on BDBV) • Regeneron (component of FDA-approved Inmazeb) • Remdesivir/Veklury (COVID antiviral) • Obeldesivir (Gilead, post-exposure prophylaxis) • Oxford/Serum vaccine: 2–3 months to trial
2026-05-28 [src] ▲ Deaths now 246 • global health funding at lowest level since 2009 • only 1 in 5 contacts traced — Dr. Celine Gounder (KFF): "each of those 4 out of 5 could set off a new chain of transmission"
2026-05-28 [src] ⚠ US will NOT bring Ebola patients home — Americans sent to Europe or Kenya quarantine facility instead • Trump in 2014 tweeted no one with Ebola should enter US, called for Obama's resignation over repatriation • CDC staff asked to volunteer for Kenya unit, many reluctant
2026-05-28 [src] ⚠ FIFA World Cup in Houston in <3 weeks — "we do not have a health preparedness plan in place" — Dr. Gounder • DRC team has been in Belgium for months (not a risk) • concern: measles pockets, MERS — not Ebola
2026-05-28 [src] DRC suspended all flights to/from Bunia (humanitarian & medical exceptions allowed) • Jordan & Bahrain: entry bans since May 19 • India: airport screening + postponed India-Africa summit • Thailand: DRC/Uganda visitors only via Bangkok airport after negative test • Mexico: increased airport screening
2026-05-28 [src] ICAO: international flights currently safe • urges exit screening (not entry) • discourages border closures • Tedros: "We have stopped every previous Ebola outbreak, and we will stop this one, too"
2026-05-27 [src] ▲ CDC (May 26): 105 confirmed • 906 suspected • 223 suspected deaths • 10 confirmed deaths in Congo • Uganda: 7 confirmed / 1 confirmed death
2026-05-27 [src] ⚠ Title 42 invoked: bars immigrants and legal permanent residents (LPRs) who were in DRC/Uganda/South Sudan in prior 21 days • may also block exposed US citizens from returning
2026-05-27 [src] Bunia displacement camp: 1 handwashing station • 1 thermometer for 10,000 people • those without soap wash hands with oatmeal or sand • "no protection, no water or soap and we live near garbage"
2026-05-27 [src] ⚠ UGANDA CLOSES DRC BORDER "WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT" — against WHO guidance • WHO warns closures push people to unmonitored footpaths • exceptions: outbreak response, cargo, security only • all entrants: 21-day mandatory isolation
2026-05-27 [src] ⚠ Only 7% of known contacts traced • WHO internal doc: "No vaccine. No therapy. Undetected 6 weeks. HCWs dying. Every day without a fully resourced response is a day the outbreak gains ground."
2026-05-27 [src] Tedros arrived DRC Wednesday • called for immediate ceasefire: "cannot build community trust or isolate the sick while bombs are falling" • "catastrophic collision of disease and conflict"
2026-05-27 [src] Canada: 90-day entry ban on DRC / Uganda / South Sudan residents • Bahamas: quarantine/isolation rules for nationals from those countries • US ban already in effect for non-citizens
2026-05-27 [src] Of 220 suspected deaths, only 17 lab-confirmed • ~1,000 showing Ebola symptoms • 3,600 contacts identified • experimental US antibody treatment may be introduced soon • ECDC / EU Health Task Force deploying
2026-05-27 [src] Prof. Salim Abdool Karim (Africa CDC adviser): outbreak moving at "breakneck speed" • "If you had to choose a bad place for this to happen, it would be Ituri" • US withdrawal from WHO & aid cuts: "The organisations that would have been able to do this work are not there anymore"
2026-05-25 [src] ▲ Tedros flying to DRC on Tuesday with WHO emergencies chief Chikwe Ihekweazu • addressed African Union: epidemic "likely to get worse before it gets better" • outbreak outpacing response
2026-05-25 [src] ▲ Uganda halts all flights to/from DRC • land border crossings restricted • outbreak now covers area larger than Florida
2026-05-25 [src] ▲ FIRST IDENTIFIED CASE: Nurse, symptoms April 24 in Bunia • died & buried in Mongbwalu (cracked coffin, 80km road) • 4 health workers died in Mongbwalu in a single week in April before anyone knew it was Ebola • true patient zero never found — Red Cross volunteers infected March 27, nearly a month earlier
2026-05-25 [src] DRC Health Minister Roger Kamba: "The virus knows no borders, it knows no race, it knows no tribe" • Congo: 5 poorest countries in world • 80%+ survive on $3/day • gold mining towns cramped & unsanitary
2026-05-25 [src] ⚠ 3RD ATTACK IN ONE WEEK: Armed men stormed Mongbwalu General Hospital Sunday with gunfire demanding bodies of their kin — staff evacuated patients under fire • "General Hospital is on general alert" — Dr. Lokudu
2026-05-25 [src] ▲ Numbers surge: 904+ suspected • 220+ deaths • DRC confirmed now 100+ • Uganda: 7 confirmed (2 more health workers, private Kampala hospital) • Tedros: "playing catch-up"
2026-05-25 [src] ▲ Already the 3rd largest Ebola outbreak on record — just 10 days since declared • "The virus is far ahead of us" — Ahmed Mahat, International Medical Corps
2026-05-25 [src] ⚠ US intel (anonymous official): virus "highly likely" already in South Sudan
2026-05-25 [src] Bunia lab processing only ~40 tests/day — one day only 20 because generator ran out of fuel • hand sanitizer sold out in all Bunia pharmacies • IRC found empty PPE shelves when outbreak declared: "Zero. Everyone was totally unprepared"
2026-05-25 [src] Trump aid cuts left local DRC health orgs closed before outbreak • Congo World Cup team in quarantine in Belgium • 2 isolation wards being built in Bunia (one per rival ethnic group: Hema / Lendu)
2026-05-24 [src] ▲ TOLL TOPS 200 — DRC health ministry: 204 deaths / 867 suspected cases in 3 provinces • DRC's 17th Ebola outbreak • up from 177d / 750s on Friday
2026-05-24 [src] ▲ HOW IT SPREAD: Patient-zero died in Bunia • family transported body 80km back to Mongbwalu • bumpy roads cracked the coffin, exposing the corpse • provincial lab missed Ebola (tested wrong strain) • samples sent 1,800km to Kinshasa to confirm
2026-05-24 [src] Mongbwalu alone: 322 suspected cases • 88 deaths • ~100km from Uganda • ~200km from South Sudan • gold miners & traders criss-cross region daily
2026-05-24 [src] Community denial fueling spread • some believe it is a "mystical malady" or "coffin affair" (invented) • traditional healer rep: "I worry about those who say this disease is invented"
2026-05-24 [src] ▲ Uganda: 3 new cases — total now 5 confirmed • driver who transported patient-1 • health worker who cared for patient-1 • DRC woman entered Uganda with mild symptoms, traveled Arua→Entebbe, confirmed after tip from pilot
2026-05-24 [src] ⚠ Africa CDC: 10 countries now at risk • Angola, Burundi, CAR, Rep. of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia
2026-05-23 [src] ⚠ CRITICAL: MSF treatment tent torched in Mongbwalu — 18 suspected Ebola patients fled into community, now unaccounted for • 2nd attack in one week • Dr. Richard Lokudi: "caused panic among staff"
2026-05-23 [src] Rwampara treatment center also burned Thursday; communal burial held Saturday under armed guard • Red Cross workers met with community resistance
2026-05-23 [src] ▲ WHO upgrades DRC risk: HIGH → VERY HIGH • Tedros: outbreak "much larger" than 82 confirmed cases suggest
2026-05-23 [src] ▲ OUTBREAK EARLIER THAN THOUGHT: 3 Red Cross volunteers infected March 27 doing body management in Djugu, Ituri — among first known victims • Alikana Udumusi Augustin (d. May 5), Sezabo Katanabo (d. May 15), Ajiko Chandiru Viviane (d. May 16)
2026-05-23 [src] ActionAid: nearly 1 in 3 schools in Bunia, Nizi & Nyankunde have suspected Ebola case or close contact
2026-05-23 [src] Ituri bans funeral wakes • burials by specialized teams only • no dead body transport by civilian vehicles • gatherings capped at 50
2026-05-23 [src] "The outbreak is out of control" — Dr. Richard Kojan, Alima clinician, multiple-outbreak veteran
2026-05-22 [src] ▲ US extends ban to GREEN CARD holders — first time LPRs barred under Ebola restrictions • historically exempt even under COVID Title 42
2026-05-22 [src] Screening now at 3 airports: Dulles (IAD, now) • Atlanta (ATL, May 22) • Houston Bush (IAH, May 26)
2026-05-22 [src] White House: DRC World Cup team must isolate 21 days before entering US • play Portugal in Houston June 17
2026-05-22 [src] Stafford likely infected May 9 treating woman with fever/stomach pain • received monoclonal antibody infusion at Charité • "cautiously optimistic"
2026-05-22 [src] CDC launches enhanced mandatory screenings at Washington Dulles for all travelers from DRC, Uganda & South Sudan
2026-05-22 [src] Stafford update: "initially feared he would not survive" • now cautiously optimistic • new images show sealed biocontainment pod evacuation
2026-05-22 [src] UN releases $60M CERF emergency fund • US pledges $23M + 50 treatment clinics (Uganda says unaware of clinics)
2026-05-22 [src] IS-linked militants killed 17 in Alima village, Ituri • armed conflict compounding outbreak response
2026-05-22 [src] WHO: Uganda has no onwards transmission among contacts of 2 confirmed cases • both linked to DRC
2026-05-22 [src] ⚠ GeneXpert platform CANNOT detect Bundibugyo virus • WHO warns field teams
2026-05-22 [src] ▲ NUMBERS JUMP: 750+ suspected • 177+ deaths • 82 confirmed • WHO upgrades DRC risk to VERY HIGH
2026-05-22 [src] ▲ VACCINE: Oxford ChAdOx1 candidate for Bundibugyo • animal trials underway • could reach human trials in 2–3 months • Serum Institute of India to mass produce
2026-05-22 [src] IFRC volunteers door-to-door in Mongbwalu combating Ebola misinformation • "Ebola is fabricated" rumors spreading
2026-05-21 [src] ▲ TREATMENT CENTER BURNED in Rwampara • locals angered by burial protocol blocking retrieval of body
2026-05-21 [src] Deaths rise to 148+ suspected • WHO: outbreak "almost certainly much larger"
2026-05-21 [src] South Kivu: 2nd case confirmed • victim traveled from Tshopo Province (Kisangani) • another isolated
2026-05-21 [src] Uganda suspends all public passenger transport to DRC for 4 weeks
2026-05-21 [src] India-Africa Forum Summit (May 28–31, New Delhi) postponed due to Ebola
2026-05-21 [src] Congo cancels World Cup training camp in Kinshasa • team (based in Europe) still plays vs Denmark & Chile
2026-05-21 [src] ▲ NEW PROVINCE: South Kivu confirms first case • 28yo death near Bukavu • M23 rebel-held area
2026-05-21 [src] Funding cuts forced suspension of surveillance in multiple DRC areas • 920K+ IDPs in Ituri
2026-05-21 [src] Ontario, Canada: 1 person hospitalized + tested for Ebola after travel to East Africa • NOT confirmed
2026-05-21 [src] Air France Flight 378 Paris→Detroit diverted to Montreal • Congolese passenger boarded "in error"
2026-05-21 [src] DHS: all DRC/Uganda/South Sudan travelers must now enter US via Dulles (IAD) only
2026-05-21 [src] WHO: vaccine 6–9 months from clinical trials • "patient zero" still not found
2026-05-21 [src] White House resisted allowing Stafford to return to US • delayed evacuation (WaPo; WH denies)
2026-05-21 [src] Outbreak spread undetected due to incorrectly stored lab results + local funeral practices
2026-05-20 [src] Stafford "barely able to stand" at departure • transported in sealed isolation pod
2026-05-20 [src] WHO: 600+ suspected cases, 139 deaths — "numbers will keep rising"
2026-05-20 [src] Stafford confirmed at Charité; wife Dr. Rebekah Stafford + 4 children also in Germany
2026-05-20 [src] Cases confirmed in Goma — rebel-held city 230 miles from epicenter
2026-05-20 [src] WHO: 4-week detection gap; outbreak started ~2 months ago; first death April 24
2026-05-19 [src] US missionary Peter Stafford airlifted to Berlin Charité Hospital
2026-05-19 [src] 6 high-risk US contacts traveling to Germany + Czech Republic
2026-05-19 [src] US funds 50 treatment clinics in DRC/Uganda via CERF/OCHA
2026-05-18 [src] US CDC travel restrictions: DRC, Uganda, South Sudan (21-day)
2026-05-17 [src] WHO declares PHEIC — Bundibugyo strain, DRC & Uganda
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🇨🇩 DRC — Ituri Province
ACTIVE OUTBREAK • 1,502 confirmed (DRC) • 473 dead • CDC LEVEL 1
🇺🇬 Uganda — Kampala
20 confirmed • 2 dead • border closed
🇺🇸 Peter Stafford — US Missionary
RECOVERED ✓ • discharged Jun 7 • Charité Berlin
🇺🇸 US High-Risk Contacts
Dr. Rebekah Stafford + 4 children (Germany) • Dr. LaRochelle (Prague)
🇺🇸 US Response
CDC • State Dept • Travel restrictions
> DRC — ITURI PROVINCE — ACTIVE OUTBREAK
Suspected cases119
Lab confirmed1,502 (DRC) · 20 (Uganda) · 1 (France) · 1,523 total
Confirmed deaths473 (DRC) · 2 (Uganda) · 475 total
Displacement camps3 camps now affected · 25 confirmed cases · 14 deaths (IOM, Jun 23) · Kigonze camp: 4 children died Mon · overcrowding + daily movement
Case fatality rate (this outbreak)31% (473/1,502 DRC) [Reuters/DRC MoH]
Unaccounted confirmed cases297 confirmed positives with unknown whereabouts — Kaseya: "Where are these people?"
Treatment center capacity95% bed occupancy — "we haven't reached the peak yet" (Africa CDC, Jun 25)
Contact tracing30% — needs 80% to break chain · most Ituri positives NOT on health workers' radar
Recovered56 total · incl. US citizen + 16mo baby+mother from Rwampara
Affected health zones31+ • 4 provinces: Ituri · North Kivu · South Kivu · Haut-Uélé • 3 displacement camps affected
WHO/Lancet ID projection (Jun 26)8,210 cases / 1,420 deaths by mid-Sept (central) · 66,000 worst-case · 70% chance spread to South Sudan
Clinical trialsStarting next week: remdesivir + MBP-134 (treatment) · obeldesivir PEP trial mid-July (1,200 enrolled)
Outbreak origin est.As early as February 2026 (CDC MMWR, Jun 5)
ISIS-controlled zoneMambasa reached — health workers cannot enter • tracing impossible
Contact tracing (Ituri)39.3% of contacts reached
Contacts under follow-up4,000+ nationwide
CFR (historical Bundibugyo)30% (2007) • 50% (2012) • this outbreak: 31% (473/1,502 DRC confirmed) [Reuters/DRC MoH]
Virus strainBundibugyo virus (BDBV)
Approved vaccineNONE for Bundibugyo
Active zonesBunia • Mongbwalu • Nyakunde • Goma • Butembo
Spread distanceCases in Goma — 230 miles from epicenter
WHO statusPHEIC declared May 17, 2026
First known deathApril 24, 2026 — Bunia
Detection gap~4 weeks undetected — tested for Zaire strain (negative)
Vaccine pipelineOxford/Serum Institute candidate — 2–3 months to clinical trials
The Bundibugyo strain has no approved vaccine or therapeutic. Unlike the more common Zaire strain (which has the rVSV-ZEBOV / Ervebo vaccine), Bundibugyo response relies entirely on supportive care, isolation, and contact tracing. The outbreak went undetected for weeks because initial tests targeted the Zaire strain and came back negative.
Cases have been confirmed in Goma — a rebel-held city of over 1 million people, 230 miles from the Ituri Province epicenter. WHO called this a major concern for regional spread.
> UGANDA — KAMPALA
Confirmed cases19
Deaths2
Currently admitted12
Recovered / discharged2
SourceTravelers from DRC + contacts of confirmed cases
LocationKampala
StatusMonitoring underway
US CDC staff in Uganda100 personnel
Both confirmed cases in Uganda involve individuals who traveled from DRC. Uganda has significant CDC presence — 100 US CDC staff in-country providing disease tracking, contact tracing, specimen collection and viral sequencing support.
> PETER STAFFORD — US MISSIONARY — RECOVERED ✓
PatientDr. Peter Stafford, 39 — general surgeon, burn care specialist
Outcome✓ DISCHARGED Jun 7 — Charité University Hospital, Berlin — "discharged in good health"
Family✓ Wife + 4 children also discharged Jun 7 • quarantine lifted after 21 days post-exposure
TreatmentExperimental treatments • Charité called it "a significant therapeutic success"
AffiliationSerge Christian mission organization
How exposedMay 9 — treated woman with fever & stomach pain • patient died of undetected Ebola • buried before tested
Symptoms onsetWeekend of May 17–18 • chills, fever, muscle aches, fatigue, nausea
Tested positiveSunday May 18
Condition at admissionBarely able to stand • transported in sealed isolation pod • "very weak" on arrival
WifeDr. Rebekah Stafford, 38 — never contracted Ebola • discharged Jun 7
Children4 young children — never contracted Ebola • discharged Jun 7
Dr. Patrick LaRochelle, 46Exposed via 2nd patient • Bulovka Hospital, Prague • asymptomatic
Stafford wore full surgical PPE during the procedure — gown, gloves, hat, glasses — but surgical-grade protection is not sufficient to prevent Ebola exposure. The patient he operated on was buried before being tested, meaning the Ebola diagnosis came only after Stafford developed symptoms. He self-quarantined immediately upon onset.
"I received first-rate care, including experimental treatments currently being tested for this type of virus. My thoughts are with the people in Congo, who do not have access to this level of care." — Dr. Peter Stafford, on discharge
"Before I was evacuated I was feeling really concerned I wasn't going to make it. And now I'm cautiously optimistic." — Dr. Peter Stafford, earlier
"Our heart grew for Congo over time. And now it is hard to imagine any other place home." — Dr. Rebekah Stafford
"There were people in full PPE, completely covered, and he's hanging on them barely strong enough to walk. He looked really tired and really sick." — Dr. Scott Myhre, Serge East & Central Africa director
> US HIGH-RISK CONTACTS
Total contacts6 — all asymptomatic as of May 20
Germany (6)✓ ALL DISCHARGED Jun 7 • Peter Stafford recovered • wife + 4 children cleared
Czech Republic (1)Dr. Patrick LaRochelle, 46 • Bulovka Hospital, Prague • monitoring
Status (May 20)Arrived in Europe • no symptoms reported
Milwaukee, WI (3)Travelers from Africa • low-risk • no symptoms • no known Ebola contact • monitored Jun 4
Dr. Rebekah Stafford treated the same patient as her husband Peter Stafford. Dr. LaRochelle was exposed through a separate Ebola patient. None of the 6 contacts are currently showing symptoms. All are in quarantine for the 21-day Ebola incubation window.
> US RESPONSE
Travel restrictionsDRC • Uganda • South Sudan — 21-day rule
Restrictions issuedMay 18, 2026 (CDC + DHS)
Treatment clinics50 clinics funded in DRC, Uganda, Congo
Funding channelCERF / OCHA (UN humanitarian fund)
CDC staff in DRC30 personnel (country office)
CDC staff in Uganda100 personnel
Diagnostic testsCurrent tests effective for Bundibugyo strain
Africa CDC Director General Dr. Jean Kaseya criticized US travel restrictions: "Travel restrictions are not a solution and could potentially increase the risk rather than reducing it. The fastest path to protecting all countries in the world is to aggressively support outbreak control at the source. Global health security cannot be achieved through borders alone."
Public health experts note that cuts to US CDC under the Trump administration and the official US withdrawal from WHO may hamper response coordination. CDC is providing remote and on-the-ground assistance including disease tracking, contact tracing, specimen collection and viral sequencing.
> ABOUT THIS OUTBREAK

The 2026 Ituri Province Ebola epidemic began in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and is caused by the Bundibugyo virus (BDBV), a rare strain of the Ebola family. The WHO declared this a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on May 17, 2026 — the highest level of global health alert. The outbreak does not currently meet criteria for a pandemic emergency.

A working theory is that the index case was exposed to infected animals during a wildlife trip. WHO genetic sequencing is underway to pinpoint the origin.

> EBOLA STRAINS — BUNDIBUGYO vs. ZAIRE

There are six known species of Ebola virus. The two most significant in terms of outbreaks are Bundibugyo and Zaire.

Bundibugyo (BDBV) — THIS OUTBREAK

First identified 2007, Uganda
Approved vaccine NONE
Approved treatment NONE
CFR (historical) 25–50% (BDBV: Uganda 2007 25%, DRC 2012 50%)
Notable outbreaks Uganda 2007, DRC 2012
Human-to-human Yes (close contact)

Zaire (EBOV) — most common

First identified 1976, DRC
Approved vaccine Ervebo (rVSV-ZEBOV)
Approved treatment Inmazeb, Ebanga
CFR (historical) ~50–90% untreated
Notable outbreaks W. Africa 2014–16, DRC 2018–20
Human-to-human Yes (close contact)

The lack of any approved vaccine or therapeutic for the Bundibugyo strain makes this outbreak significantly harder to control than recent Zaire-strain outbreaks.

> VIRUS BASICS

Transmission: Ebola spreads through direct contact with blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected people or animals. Fruit bats are the natural reservoir. It does NOT spread through air, water or casual contact.

Incubation period: 2 to 21 days from exposure to symptom onset.

Transmissibility (R0): 1.3–2.0 for this outbreak — meaning every 10 cases spread to an average of 13–20 people without intervention. Slightly more transmissible than seasonal flu (R0 ~1.28); far less than measles (R0 12–18).

Symptoms: Sudden fever, fatigue, muscle pain, headache, sore throat — followed by vomiting, diarrhea, rash, impaired kidney and liver function, and in some cases internal and external bleeding.

Pandemic potential: Low. Ebola does not spread through respiratory routes, limiting pandemic risk. However, it can spread rapidly in healthcare settings without proper PPE.

> OFFICIAL SOURCES

• WHO Emergency Response
• Africa CDC (Africa Centres for Disease Control)
• US CDC — Ebola
• ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention)
• ReliefWeb — humanitarian data

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