⚠Situational awareness tool — not an operational trigger. Any mobilization requires direct WHO verification and validation through your institutional protocol.

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Ebola virus disease

📍 Congo

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Confirmed cases

2,011

Deaths

754

Case fatality rate

37.5%

Cumulative cases since outbreak start — Africa CDC bulletin dated 2026-07-16

Report date : 2026-07-16

Official report date — in isolated zones, field onset typically precedes this by days to weeks.

Region : africa

Africa CDC — DRC Activates Emergency Delivery Plan to Break Bundibugyo Ebola Transmission. Bunia roadmap sets immediate actions, deadlines and accountability for surveillance, treatment, frontline protection and community access. Bunia, 15 July 2026 – The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and response partners have activated an emergency delivery roadmap to break the transmission of the Bundibugyo Ebola virus, placing immediate deadlines and clear operational responsibility […] The post DRC Activates Emergency Delivery Plan to Break Bundibugyo Ebola Transmission appeared

Case trend

Focal Point GuidanceIMMEDIATE · IHR NOTIFIABLE

First actions

→Notify WHO National Focal Point within 24 h — IHR Art. 6 obligation
→Activate Incident Management System (IMS) or Emergency Operations Centre
→Dispatch field investigation team — confirm case definition and epicentre
→Brief senior health authority and issue first situation report

Source: Africa CDC↗

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HealthWatch Global. Ebola virus disease outbreak — Congo [Internet]. 2026-07-16 [cited 2026 Jul 20]. Available from: https://healthwatch-global.com/en/outbreak/0867397e-43a3-462c-b4e0-2e75e862ea65. Data source: Africa CDC.

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