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At least 80 deaths have been reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) new Ebola disease outbreak, authorities said, as health workers race to intensify screening and contact tracing to contain the disease.

Nearly 250 suspected cases of the highly contagious haemorrhagic fever have been recorded in eastern DRC, according to the health ministry, with one death also reported in neighbouring Uganda. This has raised concerns that the disease could spread to neighbouring countries.

“The Bundibugyo strain has no vaccine, no specific treatment,” DRC’s Health Minister Samuel-Roger Kamba said on Saturday.

“This strain has a very high lethality rate, which can reach 50 percent.”

The outbreak, the country’s seventeenth, was confirmed on Friday in the northeastern province of Ituri, which borders Uganda and South Sudan. At the time, 65 suspected deaths had been confirmed; the toll was raised to 80 on Saturday.

According to Kamba, the suspected patient zero was a nurse who reported to a health facility in the provincial capital, Bunia, on April 24, with symptoms suggesting Ebola.

The disease has so far been confirmed in three health zones in Ituri, including Bunia, and the areas of Rwampara and Mongwalu, where the outbreak is concentrated.

Only 13 blood samples have been tested at the National Institute of Biomedical Research; eight tested positive for the Bundibugyo strain. The remaining five could not be analysed due to insufficient sample volume, the health minister said.

‘Extremely concerning’
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has raised concerns that the outbreak could spread rapidly, citing several factors, including the high population density of towns in Ituri and the close proximity of the affected areas to Uganda and South Sudan.

The agency also warned of the high volume of cross-border travel to and from the affected region, as well as the logistical challenges of containing the further spread of Ebola.

Medical aid groups, including Doctors Without Borders, known by its French acronym MSF, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), are responding to the outbreak.

“The number of cases and deaths we are seeing in such a short timeframe, combined with the spread across several health zones and now across the border, is extremely concerning,” said Trish Newport, MSF emergency programme manager.

Jagan Chapagain, secretary-general of the IFRC, said, “The evolving epidemiological situation, and the risk of cross‑border spread, underscore the need for timely, coordinated and sustained action. Engaging with communities and building trust is essential to ensure people seek care early and help stop the epidemic in its tracks.”

Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/16/drc-health-minister-warns-very-high-ebola-lethality-rate-as-toll-hits-80

Western media wan torchlight their matter again? Every time one disease or another hits them, they focus on Ebola in a bid to make their citizens reason, “You see? We’re better than them.”

Nigerian's own is Ebola tilumbu!

Mchew, make the nonsense just end there... I

meobizy:
Western media wan torchlight their matter again? Every time one disease or another hits them, they focus on Ebola in a bid to make their citizens reason, “You see? We’re better than them.”

How I wish that your speculation could be valid. Any infectious disease that erupts on this planet, has the potential to be spread in 24 hours by air travel. Remember what happened in Nigeria back in 2015, when Ebola killed several medical staff in Lagos, along with an unspecified number of victims in society.

This new outbreak is a very serious matter for the whole planet.

Ebola again ... Abeg make dem hol am for dem side .

Hantavirus is also part of a family of haemorrhaging fevers just like Ebola.

Why do I get the feeling that the Hantavirus spreading globally is actually weaponized Ebola .

OMG......
Ebola is so dangerous.

We don't need Ebola again oooo.

We already have Bola here and its not funny at all

Ebola Tinubu is after my life

Over here ours is E-Bola caused by the animal BAT

We don't want another pandemic to cripple us down anymore.......

We get the cure
Na bat himself Ebola Ahmed tinubu
We go waybill am give you for free

meobizy:
Western media wan torchlight their matter again? Every time one disease or another hits them, they focus on Ebola in a bid to make their citizens reason, “You see? We’re better than them.”

Stop typing rubbish and diverting attention from this news! Ebola is not a child's play! We all witnessed what happened here in Nigeria in 2015. The fact that we were able to contain it that time due to sacrifice of Dr Adadevo doesn't mean we should downplay the dangers of the disease.

Ebola... And BAT na the same thing

Africa needs to start its healthcare watch group so they can monitor these diseases correctly. Whether they are genuine or manufactured. Too many random African countries allow all sorts of trials that the wrong person can use to kill many.

ClassicMan202:
Ebola... And BAT na the same thing

When all this pharmaceutical industry just dey bored... them go quickly start thinking of one spoil button dem wan push to cos panic

Cos black man no wan die but he wan go heaven

I feel sorry for Africa.

Africa is now a resting sight for various kinds of viruses.

I thought Nairaland management censored the keyword Ebola because of Tinubu, forgetting that there's a disease by that name. Yeye forum.

Ebola returns...drc should be banned from the WC...let Nig take their place

Waoh! So ebola virus still dey around?

Just because it's not in Europe or Asia...

And why haven't they been able to create a vaccine or drug for it?

I hope the Minister for health is taking note? Because Nigerians can't survive an outbreak given the economic hardship currently on ground.

The Nigerian government should act with alacrity and immediately BAN all direct flights connecting Nigeria to The Democratic Republic of Congo, and to Uganda.

It is not necessary to wait for the World Health Organization to update their assessment of the risk posed by Ebola to the entire planet. Now is the time for Nigeria to lead the way in taking prompt action that will keep this terrible disease called Ebola away from Nigerian shores.

Story. Western media spreading fear once again.

Jakumo:
How I wish that your speculation could be valid. Any infectious disease that erupts on this planet, has the potential to be spread in 24 hours by air travel. Remember what happened in Nigeria back in 2015, when Ebola killed several medical staff in Lagos, along with an unspecified number of victims in society.

This new outbreak is a very serious matter for the whole planet.

The disease went on hiatus for eleven years? lol.

Jman06:
Stop typing rubbish and diverting attention from this news! Ebola is not a child's play! We all witnessed what happened here in Nigeria in 2015. The fact that we were able to contain it that time due to sacrifice of Dr Adadevo doesn't mean we should downplay the dangers of the disease.

Here's the gist, right? a quick update on the health situation. It's all good, everything's looking bright and healthy.

Whereas, our own EBola is Aso rock borrowing and taxing poor and hungry Nigerians, and devaluing the Naira.

Not surprised because I follow Anonymous. They said January 2026 that this disease will breakout in Africa specifically ment to reduce the black population. They said it will mostly spread through the use of NYLON to package products. This can be treated with NEEM LEAVE.

Help urself and follow them. They have good information before it happens.

NOTE: This is for information purposes only.

I cum in peace!!!

Let's be on our guards now Nigeria to ensurebthis doesn't make its way here like it did in the past because the health system and ER was better then, God resr Dr Adadevoh

Anything with the name BOLA is lethal

meobizy:
Western media wan torchlight their matter again? Every time one disease or another hits them, they focus on Ebola in a bid to make their citizens reason, “You see? We’re better than them.”

People like you should not be allowed to roam freely in a decent society, ignorance has turned you into a weapon of mass destruction

Using health aids to negotiate resources. The wicked souls Dem