Ebola outbreak kills more than 5,300 people in DR Congo
The 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, Nyamurongo Cemetery in Bunia town, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, October 31, 2026 [Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/2026-10-31T191025Z_656160264_RC2DEOAHJ4I8_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-EBOLA-CONGO-1793659361.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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![People walk out of an office at the headquarters of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) in Abuja, Nigeria, October 21, 2026 [Marvellous Durowaiye/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-10-21T214514Z_1601457966_RC2M7OA6JWF7_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-EBOLA-NIGERIA-1792619737.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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