Current outbreak is the largest Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak ever, says WHO

21 August 2026 by Wendy WINN (DG SANTE, European Commission)

At the latest Health Security Committee meeting on 12 August, the World Health Organization (WHO) provided an epidemiological update on the Ebola Bundibugyo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). As of 9 August, there have been 4.381 confirmed cases and 2.011 confirmed deaths in the DRC...

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