Overview
- Authorities report 1,028 suspected Ebola cases concentrated in Ituri province, marking a rapid increase in the outbreak’s reach.
- Laboratory analysis has identified the uncommon Bundibugyo strain, for which there is no approved vaccine to prevent infection.
- WHO Director-General Tedros visited Ituri and Bunia and called for tighter coordination between health and humanitarian actors and more global assistance.
- Uganda has confirmed cases linked to the outbreak and Médecins Sans Frontières warns that field staffing and on-the-ground support are currently insufficient.
- The DRC health ministry says medical supplies are available, teams are testing promising experimental treatments, and WHO is evaluating candidate vaccines while logistical barriers to distribution are being addressed.