Bundibugyo Ebola

Bundibugyo Ebola

UNICEF staff and airport workers receive an aircraft carrying medical supplies as authorities and aid agencies intensified efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain at the Bunia National Airport in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 19, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere

Ebola deaths in eastern Congo rise to 131, WHO voices deep concern

The new deaths brought to 131 the fatalities associated with the outbreak in eastern DRC

Thermometers are pictured at the entrance of an Ebola Treatment Centre in the Eastern Congolese town of Butembo in the Democratic Republic of Congo, October 4, 2019. Photo: REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo

The Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus: What do we know?