Congo and Uganda face a severe Ebola outbreak with 263 confirmed cases and 43 deaths, prompting urgent health responses.

The outbreak is threatening to overwhelm health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo, while nine cases have now been confirmed in neighbouring Uganda.

Uganda's health ministry said on Friday that the number of confirmed Ebola cases in the country had risen to nine.

A rare Ebola outbreak is spreading rapidly in Congo and Uganda. The Bundibugyo virus has no approved treatments. Health workers face challenges due to conflict and a distrustful…

Congo and Uganda face a severe Ebola outbreak with 263 confirmed cases and 43 deaths, prompting urgent health responses.

Informação é do Centro Africano de Controle e Prevenção de Doenças, que disse que mais de 1,1 mil casos estão sendo investigados

Health authorities have confirmed more than 260 cases of the virus in the two countries and are investigating another 1,100 possible infections.

Africa CDC reports over 1,100 suspected Ebola cases in DR Congo and Uganda. Learn about the latest Ebola outbreak, response efforts, and challenges.

Congo's Ebola outbreak expands to 22 health zones as officials struggle to assess the epidemic's true scale amid conflict.

The outbreak remains focused in Congo's eastern Ituri province. Congo has reported over 1,000 suspected cases with the Bundibugyo virus, which has no approved treatment or vaccine.

Medical workers prepare to transfer the body of an Ebola victim in Bunia, the capital of Ituri Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, May 25, 2026. [Photo/Xinhua]