Ebola outbreak kills more than 5,300 people in DR Congo

The current Bundibugyo strain has spread to Kenya and Uganda, while two in Nigeria returned negative results.

Congolese medical workers wearing personal protective equipment prepare to bury the wooden coffin containing the body of Dr Marie-France Shogogo, who died at an Ebola treatment centre after contracting the virus, at Nyamurongo cemetery in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on October 31, 2026 [Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/Reuters]

The death toll from the latest Ebola outbreak in Africa has surpassed 5,300, with the majority of cases recorded in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).

The DRC is the epicentre of the latest outbreak, having declared its 17th – and largest – Ebola outbreak in mid-May.

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According to data from the Africa CDC on Monday, the outbreak has killed 5,376 people: 5,372 in the DRC and two each in Kenya and Uganda.

The Bundibugyo strain of the virus, responsible for the current outbreak, has infected some 10,444 people in the DRC, Uganda and Kenya, with a death rate of more than 50 percent.

The virus has crossed borders several times in recent months.

Neighbouring Uganda recorded 20 cases, almost all involving people who had travelled from the DRC, before being declared Ebola-free in August.

Kenya recorded two deaths and nine infections in October, marking the first recorded cases of Ebola in the country.

In Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, health authorities said two rounds of testing of two suspected cases in the northeast region confirmed the samples were negative.

Abuja reported its first imported case in October, the first in more than a decade. It has no recorded deaths.

In France, a single case involving a health worker returning from the DRC was reported in July.

There are no approved treatments or vaccines to combat the rare Bundibugyo strain.

In recent weeks, clinical trials have begun with the Ervebo vaccine, which has proved effective against the more common Zaire strain.

目前邦迪布焦毒株已传播至肯尼亚和乌干达，而尼日利亚的两例检测结果呈阴性。

2026年10月31日，在刚果民主共和国伊图里省布尼亚市尼亚穆龙戈公墓，身穿个人防护装备的刚果医务人员准备埋葬玛丽-弗朗斯·肖戈戈医生的木棺。肖戈戈医生在感染埃博拉病毒后于一家埃博拉治疗中心去世。[Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/路透社]

据非洲疾病控制和预防中心（非洲疾控中心）称，非洲最新埃博拉疫情造成的死亡人数已超过 5300 人，其中大多数病例发生在刚果民主共和国（刚果（金））。

刚果民主共和国是最新疫情的中心，该国于 5 月中旬宣布爆发第 17 次——也是规模最大的一次——埃博拉疫情。

乌干达下令对从刚果民主共和国返回的公民进行21天埃博拉隔离（共3条记录，第1条）

列表 2/3：袭击者杀害护士，致一名参与应对刚果民主共和国埃博拉疫情的医护人员受伤

列表 3/3：最后一名患者离开刚果民主共和国埃博拉中心，举国欢庆

根据非洲疾控中心周一公布的数据，此次疫情已造成 5376 人死亡：5372 人在刚果民主共和国，肯尼亚和乌干达各有 2 人死亡。

导致当前疫情爆发的病毒株 Bundibugyo 已在刚果民主共和国、乌干达和肯尼亚感染了约 10,444 人，死亡率超过 50%。

近几个月来，该病毒已多次跨越国界。

邻国乌干达记录了 20 例病例，几乎全部涉及从刚果民主共和国旅行的人，之后于 8 月宣布该国没有埃博拉疫情。

肯尼亚10月份记录了2例死亡和9例感染病例，这是该国首次记录到埃博拉病例。

在非洲人口最多的国家尼日利亚，卫生部门表示，对东北部地区两例疑似病例进行的两轮检测证实样本呈阴性。

阿布贾于10月份报告了首例境外输入病例，这是十多年来的首例。目前尚无死亡病例记录。

法国7月份报告了一例从刚果民主共和国返回的医务人员感染病例。

目前尚无获批准的治疗方法或疫苗可以对抗罕见的邦迪布焦毒株。

最近几周，Ervebo疫苗已开始进行临床试验，该疫苗已被证明对更常见的扎伊尔毒株有效。