Congo Ebola Outbreak Becomes Second-Most Lethal on Record
Tuesday, August 18, 2026 · 8 min
DRC Ebola outbreak is now the second-most lethal on record, with Reuters citing 4,945 confirmed cases and 2,325 deaths; reports point to surveillance strain, unpaid health workers, and new WHO-Wellcome funding for community evidence.
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DRC Ebola outbreak is now the second-most lethal on record, with Reuters citing 4,945 confirmed cases and 2,325 deaths; reports point to surveillance strain, unpaid health workers, and new WHO-Wellcome funding for community evidence.
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- Explainer-How Congo’s Ebola outbreak became the second-most lethal on record | MWC Sandbox/Syndication — Reuters
Explainer-How Congo’s Ebola outbreak became the second-most lethal on record | MWC Sandbox/Syndication # Explainer-How Congo’s Ebola outbreak became the second-most lethal on record By Thomson Reuters Aug 17, 2026 | 9:08 AM By Clement Bonnerot and Jessica Donati DAKAR, Aug 17 (Reuters) – The ongoing Ebola outbreak is now the second-most lethal on record and the deadliest in the history…
- Ebola Efforts Fail in Congo as Unpaid Health Workers Strike — African Angle
Ebola Efforts Fail in Congo as Unpaid Health Workers Strike # Ebola Efforts Fail in Congo as Unpaid Health Workers Strike ...the challenge is not only identifying the virus but reaching people. By David Lawal - August 16, 2026 Unpaid health workers and growing insecurity are threatening efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as surveillance teams…
- Strengthening the Bundibugyo virus disease response through community evidence | Caribbean News Global — Caribbean News Global
Strengthening the Bundibugyo virus disease response through community evidence | Caribbean News Global # Strengthening the Bundibugyo virus disease response through community evidence August 16, 2026 - - New funding will help integrate community-generated evidence into outbreak intelligence, enabling faster, more informed public health decisions GENEVA, Switzerland – World Health Organization…
- Step Back — When reports cite thousands of Ebola cases and a rising death toll, how are confirmed, probable, and suspected cases counted—and why can totals differ so sharply between official updates and headlines?
Background sources
- Ebola disease interim case definition for reporting in the EU/EEA — Europa
- The Diagnostic testing for Ebola disease and Marburg virus disease: interim guidance, 9 July 2026 — Who
- Ebola outbreak: the data that show why researchers are so alarmed | Nature — Nature
- DRC Ebola outbreak: hundreds of suspected cases, no vaccine | UN News — WHO Africa
- Ebola Outbreak: Current Situation — Cdc