A person is carried from an ambulance as he arrives at Bunia Common Referral Hospital following affirmation of an Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo pressure in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Might 16, 2026.
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The World Well being Group (WHO) on Sunday (Might 17, 2026) declared an Ebola outbreak within the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda a “public well being emergency of worldwide concern”.
The WHO mentioned the outbreak, brought on by the Bundibugyo virus, doesn’t meet the standards of a pandemic emergency.
The UN well being company mentioned in an announcement that 80 suspected deaths, eight laboratory-confirmed circumstances and 246 suspected circumstances had been reported as of Saturday (Might 16, 2026) in DRC’s Ituri province throughout at the least three well being zones, together with Bunia, Rwampara and Mongbwalu.
The DRC Well being Ministry had mentioned on Friday (Might 15, 2026) that 80 folks had died within the new outbreak within the japanese province.
In Uganda’s capital, Kampala, two apparently unrelated laboratory-confirmed circumstances, together with one dying, have been reported on Friday (Might 15, 2026) and Saturday (Might 16, 2026), from folks travelling from the DRC, the WHO mentioned.
A laboratory-confirmed case was additionally reported within the DRC capital, Kinshasa, from an individual getting back from Ituri, the WHO mentioned.
Revealed – Might 17, 2026 07:10 am IST
