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Ebola Outbreak Impact
Reported cases and deaths in the current DRC outbreak
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'Ebola has tortured us': Fear grips eastern DR Congo as deadly virus ...
11 hours agoEmery MakumenoBBC Africa, KinshasaAFP via Getty ImagesAt least 136 people are believed to have died during the Ebola outbreakFear has gripped Ebola-hit areas in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as the suspected number of deaths continues to rise, as officials say they are struggling to catch up to an outbreak that may have previously been spreading undetected."Ebola has tortured us," says a taxi rider in his late twenties in the gold-mining town of Rwampara."I am scared because people are dying very fast... We are really afraid."Following a visit to Ituri province, the epicentre of the outbreak, over the weekend, Congolese Health Minister Dr Samuel Roger Kamba acknowledged health teams are playing catch-up with the virus, which may have been circulating earlier than first detected on 24 April. The presumed patient zero is a nurse who died in the provincial capital Bunia, but was buried in Mongwalu, also a gold-mining town. Most of the suspected cases and deaths have been reported there and in neighbouring Rwampara.Rwampara resident Fred Kiza told the BBC that "there is fear", which he calls "normal when there's a disease like this." "It would be good if they gave us masks to protect ourselves."As of Tuesday, there were 514 suspected cases, with 136 people believed to have died from the virus, officials said. One person has also died in neighbouring Uganda.Cases have also been identified in Butembo city and rebel-controlled Goma in North Kivu province, as well as in South Kivu province.Health officials say that several deaths occurred in the community without being reported to the authorities, meaning they could not be investigated at the time.According to the health ministry, formal community alerts were only registered from 8 May."At community level, this hasn't been effective," Dr Kamba explained. "It means someone may have died before him [the presumed index case], or someone else may have been sick before him, but no one reported it."He added: "We really need to look within the community to understand what happened - how people became ill and sometimes even died without any report being filed."A virus hiding in plain sightThe outbreak has been caused by the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola. DR Congo - which is currently facing its 17th outbreak of Ebola - is more familiar with the Zaïre species.Bundibugyo has caused only two outbreaks before - in 2007 and 2012 - where it killed around 30% of people infected.Dr Kamba explained the symptoms: "T...
Fear grips eastern DR Congo amid deadly Ebola outbreak
NewsFeed“I am afraid of dying.” From Bukavu to Kinshasa, concern is spreading among residents and street vendors as Ebola cases rise. In cities hundreds of miles apart, people are wearing face masks and calling for stronger protections from the latest outbreak in DR Congo.Published On 20 May 2026
Ebola outbreak follows hunger and displacement crisis in DR Congo - UN News
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.
What we know about the deadly new Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
More than 90 people are believed to have been killed in a fresh outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Here's what we know about the outbreak so far.
