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Each time we travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), we first go to listen

The night before Lily-Madeleine Seguin was set to book her flight to the Democratic Republic of Congo in late May, the Canadian government announced a three-week quarantine for travellers returning from the Ebola-stricken country

Last week, the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) requested a release of Ervebo vaccines from the global Ebola virus disease vaccine stockpile, managed by the International Coordinating Group on Vaccine Provision (ICG). The request was for use of the vaccine in the current Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak. Ervebo vaccine is licensed…

Oslo, 20 August 2026:  CEPI is providing US$4.17 million to four research projects designed to assess whether vaccines already or previously licensed against Zaire ebolavirus—including Ervebo—could offer protection against Bundibugyo ebolavirus, the virus behind the rapidly escalating outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern…

Congo — The Ebola outbreak in Congo has reached 5,000 cases, government data showed Wednesday, as responders warn it is spreading at an unprecedented speed outpacing efforts to slow it in one of the country’s remotest regions

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now the deadliest in its history, according to public health officials

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has killed 2,325 people, government data showed on Sunday, surpassing the toll from the 2018-2020 outbreak to become the deadliest in the country’s history

Aug. 16 (UPI) — The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo became the nation’s deadliest over the weekend with a death toll of more than 2,300, according to local health officials

The Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is in a phase of intense transmission. It is the largest Ebola outbreak ever reported in the country and expanding faster than any previous Ebola outbreak. The epidemic is increasingly characterized by sustained transmission within interconnected geographic clusters. Initially confined to the…

https://p.dw.com/p/5Io4L Fear of Ebola infections is growing in Congo, as there is still no vaccine available against the current virulent strain of the diseaseImage: Xin Huashefa/Xinhua/picture alliance