South Sudan Urges Vigilance After Ebola Outbreaks in DRC, Uganda
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The Ebola outbreak in DR Congo and Uganda could threaten several countries, which is why the WHO is calling it a health crisis of international concern.
Another Ebola outbreak is raging in Congo. There are hundreds of suspicious cases and at least 80 people have died in a single day in the eastern province of Ituri. This is the seventeenth Ebola outbreak in the Congo in the last 50 years. Ebola is a hemorrhagic fever with a high mortality rate in humans. Symptoms include high fever, muscle pain, vomiting and external bleeding. It is known that the consumption of contaminated monkey meat, also kn…
South Sudan urges vigilance after Ebola outbreaks in DRC, Uganda
South Sudan’s Ministry of Health is urging the public to remain vigilant following confirmed Ebola Virus Disease outbreaks in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda amid fears of possible cross-border transmission. In a statement issued on 15 May 2026, the ministry said the outbreak in eastern DRC has resulted in hundreds of suspected cases and dozens of deaths, particularly in areas near South Sudan’s borders. According to health …
At least 80 people have died in an Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo, authorities said on Saturday. The Congolese government had initially reported the death toll from the outbreak on Friday, with 65 deaths and 246 suspected cases. Locals reported mass burials of the dead in Bunia, the capital of Ituri province. “People are dying every day. This has been going on for about a week. We are burying two, three, sometimes more people a day. We still do…
The disease occurs in a conflict zone bordering Uganda and South Sudan
South Sudan issues Ebola alert as Congo cases raise fears - Radio Tamazuj
South Sudan’s health ministry on Friday warned of a heightened risk of cross-border transmission following Ebola outbreaks confirmed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and neighboring Uganda. In a statement, the Ministry of Health and the National Public Health Institute said preliminary laboratory tests by Congo’s Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale detected the Ebola virus in 13 of 20 samples collected in Ituri province, with genet…
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