Overview
- The Democratic Republic of Congo's Ministry of Health reported on Tuesday that confirmed Ebola infections have reached 10,060 and deaths total 4,887.
- The epidemic remains concentrated in eastern DRC, especially North Kivu, where ongoing armed violence is blocking safe access for response teams and slowing containment work.
- The World Health Organization declared a public-health emergency in May and international vaccination campaigns and medical deployments are continuing despite security constraints.
- Confirmed cases linked to this outbreak have been identified in neighboring Uganda, Kenya and Nigeria, raising concerns about cross-border spread and the need for regional surveillance.
- This is the second-largest Ebola epidemic on record after 2014–16 West Africa, and the scale plus disrupted contact tracing and health services is deepening the outbreak's humanitarian impact on local communities.