The World Health Organization declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on Sunday in response to an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, signaling serious pandemic risk.

The World Health Organization expressed deep concern over a surging Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, designating it a global health emergency.

The WHO declared a global health emergency over an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo after more than 88 deaths and 336 suspected cases, with a confirmed case now in Goma — a major city and transit hub — and cross-border spread to Uganda. The outbreak involves the Bundibugyo strain, for which no vaccine or specific treatment exists, and health authorities warn the true scale of infections is likely far larger than currently detected.

The WHO declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on Sunday over a rare Ebola strain outbreak that has spread across the Democratic Republic of Congo and into Uganda, triggering the organization's second-highest global alert level.

Ebola cases and deaths are increasing rapidly, with a Swedish disaster medicine professor warning that the virus likely circulated undetected for over a month before identification, significantly complicating containment efforts.

An Ebola outbreak caused by the rare Bundibugyo strain has killed more than 80 people and infected at least 246 across three health zones in DRC's Ituri province, with the virus crossing into Uganda after a Congolese man died there on May 14. MSF is mobilizing a large-scale emergency response, warning that the rapid spread and lack of approved vaccines or treatments makes the situation extremely concerning.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighboring Uganda a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) after more than 300 suspected cases and 88 deaths. The WHO clarified the outbreak does not meet pandemic criteria and advised against closing international borders.

The World Health Organization warned that an ongoing Ebola outbreak is likely larger than official figures suggest, cautioning that other countries face health risks from potential spread.

A new Ebola epidemic has broken out in Ituri, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, with 246 suspected cases and 80 deaths reported. Africa CDC confirmed the outbreak on May 15 after samples tested positive for the Bundibugyo strain, with health authorities warning the virus may have been circulating since April.

An emergency status has been declared for an Ebola outbreak, underlining the importance of coordinated international disease surveillance and rapid response protocols.

The World Health Organization classified an ongoing Ebola outbreak in Africa as a public health emergency of international concern, though health experts assessed that the disease currently poses no direct threat to Brazil.

An Ebola outbreak has been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with the African Union's public health agency reporting at least 65 deaths from suspected infections.

The Bundibugyo strain of Ebola is advancing lethally across the Democratic Republic of Congo, prompting international health authorities to declare maximum alert status. Unlike earlier outbreaks, this variant has no approved vaccine, leaving health officials dependent on experimental drugs and vaccines while attempting to contain spread across multiple areas of the country.

The World Health Organization warned that an ongoing Ebola outbreak is unlikely to be contained within two months, signaling a protracted health emergency. Meanwhile, a transport strike in Kenya triggered by rising fuel costs linked to Middle East tensions killed four people and caused significant economic disruption before being paused.

An Ebola outbreak has been reported in the towns of Rwampara, Mongwalu, and Bunia in the Ituri Province of northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP)—The World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday it was examining whether any candidate vaccines or treatments could be used to rein in what it warned could be a lengthy Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The WHO has declared the surge of the highly contagious haemorrhagic fever, suspected to have killed 131 people and infected more than 500, an international health emergency. "At the international level, (we are) looking at what candidate vaccines or treatment are available and if any could be of use in this outbreak," Anne Ancia, the WHO's DRC representative, told reporters in Geneva, speaking from Bunia in the Ituri region.

World Health Organization warned Tuesday about the rapid spread of Ebola in Democratic Republic of the Congo, describing the outbreak as “deeply concerning” amid rising deaths and infections. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the outbreak linked to the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola is expanding quickly and requires urgent international action. Health officials said at […] The post Over 100 Die as WHO Warns of Rapid Ebola Spread in Congo appeared first on Khaama Press .

The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday expressed concern at the speed and scale of the Ebola outbreak in central Africa — declared a “continental” emergency — as the number of deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) jumped to 131. The toll from the Ebola outbreak in the DRC has risen to an estimated 131 deaths from 513 suspected cases, health minister Samuel Roger Kamba said. There has also been one death in neighbouring Uganda.

The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO) , Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warned on Tuesday of "the breadth and speed" of the Ebola epidemic that plagues the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where it has caused 131 deaths and 513 suspected cases. Ebola causes an extremely contagious hemorrhagic fever and has caused more than 15,000 deaths in Africa in the last half century. The who on Sunday declared an international health alert to make in the face of the epidemic unleashed in the DRC, a large central African country of more than 100 million inhabitants.

The World Health Organization chief voiced concern on Tuesday about the “scale and speed” of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo which has killed an estimated 131 people. The WHO has declared the surge of the highly contagious haemorrhagic fever an international health emergency and called an emergency meeting on the crisis on Tuesday. No vaccine or therapeutic treatment exists for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola responsible for the latest outbreak of the disease, which has...

Pandemic report warns of growing global threat as health teams in Africa move to contain Ebola outbreak The world is becoming less resilient to outbreaks of infectious diseases, experts have warned, as health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda scramble to contain an outbreak of Ebola. The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) said in a report published on Monday that “as infectious disease outbreaks become more frequent they are also becoming more damaging”, warning that pandemic risk is outpacing investments in preparedness and “the world is not yet meaningfully safer”. Continue reading...

At least 131 people have died and more than 513 are suspected to have been infected in an outbreak of an unusual variant of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Now, the spread of Ebola is classified as an international health threat – and a meeting with the who's emergency committee is planned for Tuesday. Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is concerned about the rapid spread of infection.

At least 131 deaths and over 500 suspected cases have been reported in the ongoing Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo, the Congolese health ministry said Tuesday as details emerged about the government's delayed response. Samuel Roger Kamba, the minister of public health, said: "513 suspected cases and 131 deaths have been recorded in the affected areas." "These are suspected deaths, and investigations are underway to determine which ones are actually linked to the disease." The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Sunday declared the Ebola outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. Health authorities say the current outbreak, first confirmed on Friday, is caused by the Bundibugyo virus, a rare variant of the Ebola disease that has no approved therapeutics or vaccines.

The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo an international health emergency after more than 90 suspected deaths and hundreds of possible infections linked to the highly contagious virus.

[RFI] An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed dozens and spread beyond the country's borders, with Jean-Jacques Muyembe - the Congolese scientist who co-discovered the virus nearly 50 years ago - telling RFI that health authorities may have detected the epidemic too late and still do not know how far it has spread.

The United States announced Monday that it will strengthen precautions to prevent the spread of Ebola by conducting airport health checks on passengers from affected areas and temporarily suspending visas. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced measures after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo an emergency international health.

World Health Organization on Sunday declared a public health emergency of international concern following more than 300 suspected Ebola cases and 88 deaths linked to outbreaks in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The WHO said the outbreak does not currently meet the criteria for a global pandemic similar to COVID-19, and advised countries […] The post WHO Declares Global Health Emergency Over Ebola Outbreak appeared first on Khaama Press .

World Health Organization said the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda has reached the level of a “public health emergency of international concern,” warning the virus could spread further across borders. The WHO said the outbreak involves the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, for which no approved vaccine or specific treatment currently […] The post WHO Declares Congo-Uganda Ebola Outbreak International Health Emergency appeared first on Khaama Press .

Conflict, mistrust and delayed detection could complicate response to emergency caused by Bundibugyo variant To be around the centre of an Ebola outbreak is to become used to the smell of chlorine. At hospitals and government buildings, surfaces are sprayed with it and hands washed in a 0.05% solution that can kill the virus in 60 seconds. Infrared handheld thermometers take temperatures at airports and border crossings.

The World Health Organisation raises alarm over a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak in central Africa, warning of cross-border transmission risks after dozens of deaths and confirmed infections in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.

Uganda also reports outbreak and health officials say cases were caused by Bundibugyo strain of virus An outbreak of Ebola has killed 65 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, health officials said. There have been 246 suspected cases of the haemorrhagic fever reported so far in the conflict-hit Ituri province, which shares borders with Uganda and South Sudan. Continue reading...

[The Conversation Africa] As a deadly outbreak of Ebola virus spreads in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on May 17, 2026, that it is transferring "a small number of Americans" who were in Congo and who were exposed to the virus.

Residents of Ituri province fear spread of disease and economic impact of outbreak six years after the last “On public transport, in bars and at mass gatherings, everyone is talking about Ebola,” said Gloire Mumbesa, a resident of Mongbwalu, a mining town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He said cases of the disease had been reported locally and panic was engulfing the area because of the lack of a vaccine for the Bundibudyo strain. “The fear is that this disease may spread to many other areas.” Residents of Ituri province in eastern DRC, where the World Health Organization announced an outbreak of Ebola last week, are living in growing fear of the possible continued spread of the disease and its deadly impacts, nearly six years after the last outbreak in the region ended.

Aid cuts left DRC blind to Ebola – Oxfam is mounting a response Nesrine Aly Mon, 05/18/2026 - 12:51 On Reacting to the World Health Organization’s declaration of the Ebola outbreak as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) — with over 400 suspected cases and 89 deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo — Dr. Manenji Mangudu, Oxfam Country Director in the DRC, said:   “Our partners are sending us deeply alarming reports. One doctor in Mongwalu Health Zone, Ituri told us: ‘There are already deaths in the community.

A day after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the new Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo an international emergency, top global disease transmission experts stressed that the chances of another global pandemic similar to the 2019 coronavirus emergency are increasing all the time.

From Ebola outbreaks in Central Africa to the complex evacuation of passengers aboard a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) opened its annual assembly on Monday as countries grapple with disease outbreaks, deep funding cuts and growing geopolitical tension.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The United Nations health agency cited the rising cases, cross-border spread and significant uncertainties about the scale of the epidemic. The decision, announced by WHO Director-General, Tedros […] The post WHO declares DR Congo Ebola health emergency of international concern appeared first on Latest Nigeria News | Top Stories from Ripples Nigeria .

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is experiencing a new outbreak of the Ebola virus, which causes a deadly hemorrhagic fever. More than 100 deaths have already been reported, mainly in Ituri Province in the northeast of the country. The World Health Organization has declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.

The World Health Organization declared the Ebola disease outbreak a public health emergency of international concern after more than 300 suspected cases and 88 deaths.

An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda has been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization, after 80 deaths attributed to the disease.

The World Health Organization declared an international health emergency on Sunday over an outbreak of an Ebola strain in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has killed more than 80 and for which there is no vaccine.

A new outbreak of the highly contagious Ebola virus has killed dozens of people in a remote part of Congo, according to health authorities.

A new outbreak of the infectious Ebola virus has killed dozens of people in a remote part of Congo, according to the Africa CDC health authority. Neighboring Uganda later said one person had died in an "imported" case.

Uganda's Ministry of Health has banned handshaking and other close-contact greetings following the confirmation of two Ebola cases in the country.

Uganda has banned handshaking and other greeting practices after confirming two cases of Ebola, imposing the restriction as a precautionary measure to limit disease transmission.

At least 130 people thought to have been killed, says Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus before emergency meeting ‘It’s heartbreaking’: panic in eastern DRC over return of Ebola The director general of the World Health Organization has said he is deeply concerned about the scale and the speed of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said there had been at least 500 suspected cases of Ebola and 130 suspected deaths in DRC since the new outbreak began. Thirty cases had been confirmed in DRC’s north-eastern province of Ituri, and one death and one case had been confirmed in Kampala, Uganda, he added.

In Kenya, deadly fuel price protests have left at least four people dead and hundreds arrested, as demonstrators blame the government’s handling of the fallout from Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz. In eastern DR Congo, a rare variant of the Ebola virus has claimed over 100 lives, with nearly 400 suspected cases prompting concern from neighbouring countries and a declaration of an international health emergency by the WHO. Meanwhile, in Sierra Leone, more women are entering the traditionally male-dominated rickshaw business, seizing new economic opportunities and shifting gender roles.

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Hong Kong authorities have prepared a quarantine facility on Lantau Island as they step up efforts to guard against the potential spread of the deadly Ebola virus following an outbreak in Central Africa. The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said on Tuesday it was working closely with stakeholders to implement stringent prevention and control measures after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a “public health emergency of international concern”. The latest outbreak began...

A fast-spreading Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has health workers rushing to stop transmission while the roll out of any potential vaccine is months away, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.