Ebola outbreak confirmed in Congo, Uganda

The new virus is caused by the Bundibugyo strain, a rarer variant for which no approved vaccine or specific treatment exists yet. The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus travelled to eastern Domestic Republic of Congo (DRC). He called for a ceasefire amid the ongoing conflict so health workers can safely reach the affected communities.

Suspected cases have surpassed 1,100 across DRC and Uganda, possibly with hundreds of deaths, although a handful of patients have recovered. The WHO and African CDC are scaling up surveillance, contact tracing, treatment centres, and cross‑border preparedness, thus emphasising community engagement as critical to controlling its spread.

Political tensions around the proposed U.S.-backed quarantine facilities in Kenya specifically for treating Americans evacuated from Congo have intensified. A Kenyan court had temporarily suspended the project, but the government decided to go ahead anyway.

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