The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday warned 11 African countries are now considered to be at risk amid an ongoing Ebola outbreak and World Health Organization officials called for international cooperation, cautioning “no single country can respond to this magnitude of outbreak alone.”
Workers line up to disinfect their protective equipment at General Referral Hospital of Mongbwalu during the Ebola outbreak on May 20, 2026.
MONDAY, MAY 25, 2026At a meeting of health leaders from across the continent, Africa CDC Director General Dr. Jean Kaseya warned, “This is too much. We cannot afford to have more Africans dying."
WHO director general Tedros Ghebreyesus, who says he will personally travel to Congo on Tuesday, says the Ebola death toll has risen to 220 and warns “at the moment, the epidemic is outpacing us.”
SUNDAY, MAY 24, 2026A group of young men stormed a hospital treating Ebola patients in DCR and opened fire while attempting to reclaim the bodies of loved ones, according to the Associated Press, marking the third attack on Ebola treatment facilities in four days (it was not immediately clear if anyone was hurt).
