June 2, 2026
Activists push against Kenyan police officers as they attempt to enter the Ministry of Health carrying a mock coffin during a protest against a US-built Ebola quarantine centre planned to begin operations at Kenya’s Laikipia Air Base, in Nairobi on June 2, 2026. Kenya’s president on June 2, 2026 defended the opening of an Ebola quarantine centre for US nationals after a court halted the plan and security forces teargassed protesters fearing the deadly virus could spread in the country.The US-built facility at Kenya’s Laikipia Air Base was due to open last week according to US officials, to quarantine Americans arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which is battling a major Ebola outbreak. (Photo by Luis TATO / AFP)
The WHO on Tuesday dramatically scaled back the number of suspected Ebola cases in central Africa to 116, down from more than 900 previously, with 330 cases now confirmed.
As of May 31, the World Health Organization said 116 suspected cases of the deadly virus had been registered in the Democratic Republic of Congo — down from 906 late last week.
Some 321 cases have now been confirmed in the DR Congo, including 48 deaths, while nine confirmed cases have been registered in neighbouring Uganda, including one fatality.
