Ebola deaths in DRC surge past 1,300 as virus ‘spreading like a wildfire’
Outbreak is spreading at the fastest rate ever recorded as confirmed cases in DRC surpass 3,000.
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Confirmed Ebola deaths in DR Congo hit 600
The number of deaths comes as healthcare workers threaten to walk off the job over a delay in payments.
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Healthcare situation in DR Congo improves amidst Ebola crisis
The Ebola virus continues to spread across the DR Congo but local healthcare workers say the situation has improved.
Published On 30 Jun 2026
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The latest Ebola outbreak in DRC has infected 1,307 people and claimed 377 lives since May.
DR Congo says 1,307 Ebola cases confirmed, including 377 deaths
Outbreak spreads to a fourth province, Haut-Uele, bordering South Sudan and the CAR, according to a media report.
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Catholic nuns from the orphanage where Vanisa Anifa, a 6-month-old orphaned girl who died of Ebola, was staying, attend her funeral in Bunia, Congo [Moses Sawasawa/AP Photo]
Red Cross workers prepare to bury Vanisa Anifa, a 6-month-old orphaned girl who died of Ebola, at the Bigo Cemetery, in Bunia, DR Congo. [Moses Sawasawa/AP Photo]
Health workers tend to an Ebola patient at the Rwampara Treatment Center in Ituri, DR Congo. [Moses Sawasawa/AP Photo]
Ebola survivors are discharged from the Rwampara treatment Center in Ituri. [Moses Sawasawa/AP Photo]
Kahindo Mireille Pierrette, an Ebola survivor, centre, poses with her 16-month old baby and health workers after they were declared to have survived Ebola and were discharged from the Rwampara treatment Center in Ituri, DR Congo. [Moses Sawasawa/AP Photo]
Health workers attend to an Ebola patient at the Rwampara treatment Center in Ituri, DR Congo. [Moses Sawasawa/AP Photo]
Relatives of Vanisa Anifa, a 6-month-old orphaned girl who died of Ebola, attend her burial, in Bunia, DR Congo, Friday, June 19, 2026. [Moses Sawasawa/AP]
Relatives of Angele Muyumba Nsimire, a university student who died of Ebola, react at the Citadelle Clinic as health workers prepare her body for burial in Bunia, DR Congo. [Moses Sawasawa/AP Photo]
Two girls sit at the isolation centre in Bunia, DR Congo. [Moses Sawasawa/AP Photo]
Dr Marie Roseline Darnycka Belizaire, left, regional emergency director for Africa at the World Health Organization (WHO), talks with one of her colleagues in an office in Bunia, DR Congo. [Moses Sawasawa/AP Photo]
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From: NewsFeed
Families storm Ebola treatment centre in DRC, remove patients
Families of suspected Ebola patients in DR Congo stormed a quarantine centre, removing patients.
Published On 20 Jun 2026
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Thirty dead at DRC displacement camp as Ebola threat grows
At least 30 people have died since May in the Kigonze displacement camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Published On 19 Jun 2026
More than 70 medics infected with Ebola as DRC outbreak spreads ‘fast’
Aid cuts and poor sanitation are deepening fears that Ebola is spreading through displacement camps.
