Overview

• Authorities report 28 suspected cases, and the national laboratory in Kinshasa has confirmed Ebola in patient samples.
• Four of the reported fatalities were healthcare workers, heightening concern over nosocomial transmission and staffing gaps.
• WHO and Congolese rapid response teams have deployed with experts, medical supplies and a mobile laboratory to the province.
• The country has 2,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine available, with plans to vaccinate contacts and frontline medical staff.
• The virus has been identified as the Ebola‑Zaire strain, according to WHO information reported by Reuters, and difficult access—about a day from Tshikapa with limited flights—is slowing case-finding and treatment; the DRC’s last outbreak in 2022 was contained within months.