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SitRep N°018/MVB_01/06/2026
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"Ebola, a zoonotic disease transmitted through any contact with infected domestic animals" (a veterinarian)
June 3, 2026
Kinshasa, June 3, 2026 (ACP) - Ebola virus disease has been described as a zoonosis, which can spread to humans through any point of contact with infected domestic animals, during an interview with a veterinarian on Wednesday in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
“ Ebola virus disease is a zoonosis, which is a disease that involves both animals and humans in its transmission cycle, and several animal species can be infected with the Ebola virus, while also being carriers without even developing symptoms. It is a zoonosis, which can spread to humans through any point of contact with infected domestic animals ,” said Dr. Patrick Mpoyo, a veterinary doctor.
“ Fruit bats, considered the main likely natural reservoirs of the virus, can come into contact with certain non-human primates (gorillas, chimpanzees, monkeys), antelopes, and some small wild mammals. This transmission from a wild animal to a domestic animal generally involves pathogens circulating through direct contact. Domestic animals can be bitten, scratched, or come into contact with the saliva or urine of wild animals, fruit, food, and blood. There is also the sharing of an environment, water sources, or transmission through intermediate vectors such as insects (fleas, ticks) that bite an infected wild animal and then a domestic animal, thus transmitting parasites or viruses ,” he added.
The veterinarian indicated that pigs can also be infected by certain types of Ebola virus, while dogs can develop antibodies after exposure to the virus even if they do not usually show clinical signs.
According to Dr. Mpoyo, there are also other factors, during predation or scavenging of dead animals, through contact with biological fluids (blood, secretions, tissues of domestic animals or humans).
Animals can catch the virus in at-risk areas which include rainforests, hunting areas, bushmeat markets, villages near bat roosts, and areas where unusual deaths of wild animals are observed.
With regard to the DRC, forest provinces such as Ituri, Equateur, Tshopo and North Kivu present important interfaces between man, animals and the environment.
Guidelines for pets
Furthermore, the veterinarian gave some guidelines for domestic animals for dogs, cats, pigs, goats and poultry, including keeping animals under surveillance,
avoiding their roaming in forest areas, preventing contact with sick or dead wild animals, immediately reporting any unusual mortality to veterinary services,
limiting animals' access to biological waste, strengthening the hygiene of enclosures and dwellings, avoiding handling an animal found dead without protection, not feeding them carcasses of animals of unknown origin, avoiding consuming animals found dead, and moving or selling sick animals.
For him, the signs that should raise concern, even if they are not always specific, are unusual mortality, fever, significant lethargy, refusal to eat, breathing difficulties, and abnormal bleeding or discharge, which are rarer.
As advice and guidelines from the veterinarian, he emphasized that farmers should not panic, should observe their animals daily, and promptly report any abnormal mortality. He also advocated for training community liaisons in alert notification, conducting safe sampling in cases of suspected disease, using personal protective equipment (PPE), and collaborating with the human health and environmental sectors within the One Health approach. ACP/
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Five inmates suspected of having Ebola escape from treatment centers in Ituri
Published on Wed, 03/06/2026 - 04:17 | Modified on Wed, 03/06/2026 - 04:17
Five detainees, identified as suspected cases of Ebola virus disease, escaped between Saturday, May 30 and Monday, June 1, from health facilities in Bunia and Rwampara (Ituri), where they had been transferred for medical treatment.
To date, the fugitives remain at large, plunging the local population into deep concern over the risk of community spread of the virus.
An escape made easier by the absence of guards
According to medical and prison sources, the five inmates were detected last weekend at Bunia Central Prison. Alerted by the prison administration, health authorities immediately ordered their transfer to limit the spread of the virus within the prison.
Two of them were admitted to the Bunia General Referral Hospital, while the other three were referred to the Rwampara treatment center, about ten kilometers southwest of the city.
However, the security system failed. According to the same sources, the two suspects from Bunia fled during the night from Saturday to Sunday, followed on Monday morning by the three others from Rwampara.
For health reasons, no police officers had been assigned to directly monitor them in order to avoid contaminating the guards. This security breach allowed the suspected patients to disappear.
The announcement of this escape has created panic in Bunia. Without medical care and potentially contagious, these five individuals represent a direct threat to public health.
Residents now fear that lines of contamination could multiply uncontrollably in surrounding neighborhoods.
Bunia prison strengthens its sanitary barriers
Faced with the crisis, the management of Bunia Central Prison is attempting to reassure the public and is focusing on protecting the other inmates. Preventive measures have been reinforced within the facility.
Thanks to support from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the prison has been equipped with chlorine, handwashing facilities and five infrared thermometers for strict temperature control.
In addition, international and local partners are urgently mobilizing: MONUSCO is planning the construction of a transit center dedicated exclusively to future suspected cases identified in cells, while the NGO CARITAS is preparing to train 25 peer educators from among the detainees to intensify awareness of barrier gestures.
The priority for the authorities remains the rapid location of the five escapees, according to local sources.
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🚨 Ebola DRC – Situation as of June 2, 2026
363 confirmed cases (+19 in 24h)
62 confirmed deaths
206 patients hospitalized or in isolation
6 recovered
Case fatality rate: 17.1 %
45.5 % of contacts followed
📍 25 affected health zones in three provinces:
Ituri: 341 cases, 48 deaths
Nord-Kivu: 19 cases, 13 deaths
Sud-Kivu: 3 cases, 1 death
⚠️ Ituri remains the epicenter of the epidemic, with the emergence of a new affected zone: Rimba.
🔎 The main hotspots remain Bunia, Rwampara, and Mongbwalu, while response teams continue surveillance, contact tracing, and patient care.
📞 In case of symptoms or suspicion, call the toll-free number 151.
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WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing on the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak – 3 June 2026
3 June 2026
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Good afternoon to everyone in the room, and good morning, good afternoon and good evening to those joining us online.
Yesterday I returned from a visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including to the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak in the province of Ituri.
I met with political leaders, senior health officials, Ambassadors, partners, WHO colleagues, frontline responders, community and faith leaders, women’s groups, business leaders, traditional healers and more.
I’m very encouraged by the level of commitment I saw everywhere I went. What I saw gave me hope, although challenges remain.
In DRC, 344 cases have been confirmed, including 60 deaths, in 24 health zones across three different provinces: Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu
The number of suspected cases has now been reduced to 116 from over 1000 last week, as we work through the backlog, either confirming them or ruling them out.
In Uganda, there is one confirmed death and 15 confirmed cases, including a Congolese resident who travelled to the United Arab Emirates, and then to Uganda.
WHO is working with public health authorities in Uganda and the UAE to gather additional information, assess the risk of exposure during travel, and to facilitate contact tracing.
We thank both the UAE and Uganda for their collaboration to mitigate the risks related to this case.
In addition, a U.S. citizen who was infected in DRC is still receiving care in Germany.
WHO’s risk assessment remains unchanged: very high at the national level, high at the regional level, and low at the global level.
The outbreak had a big head start, and we’re still behind, but under the leadership of the Government of DRC, we are catching up.
In Bunia there are now three treatment centres with a capacity of 80 beds, and there are also treatment units in Mongbwalu, Rwampara, Beni, Goma and Bukavu, and more are on the way.
So far, six people have recovered in DRC and two in Uganda, showing that people can survive Ebola if they have access to care and go to health facilities as soon as they show symptoms.
But we still face several challenges.
First, testing.
One of our key priorities is to scale up laboratory and diagnostic capacity, to reduce delays in case confirmation and support faster response decisions.
Accordingly, we are working to decentralize laboratory and diagnostic capacity in priority locations, including Mongbwalu, Beni, Aru, Nyakunde, and Tchomia.
We also need to scale up readiness, including surveillance, laboratory diagnostics and access to health services in neighbouring provinces and countries.
Second, contact tracing in the DRC is not yet where it needs to be.
Only about 45% of contacts have been followed up, and to get ahead of the outbreak we need to get that number up to above 90%.
Insecurity, displacement and mobile populations make contact tracing especially difficult.
Third, blanket travel restrictions imposed by some countries are disrupting supply chains and hindering the response.
WHO recommends exit screening at airports, ports and border crossings to prevent the exportation of cases and contacts.
We ask countries that have imposed blanket travel restrictions to lift them.
Fourth, community mistrust is a serious barrier. Some community leaders told me that they believe Ebola is not real.
Building trust with the communities is therefore critical to bringing the outbreak under control.
And fifth, as you know, we are fighting this outbreak without vaccines or therapeutics.
WHO and partners are working on advancing clinical trials as quickly as possible.
Today, I convened for the second time the principals of the interim Medical Countermeasures Network to align on three priorities:
First, increasing support for decentralized diagnostics;
Second, mobilizing immediate support for the affected countries to lead clinical trials, in cooperation with communities;
And third, accelerating the investments to support all pillars of the response.
Although vaccines and therapeutics would be a big help, the key to ending this outbreak is not biomedical.
It’s leadership, ownership, partnership and trust:
Government leadership;
Community ownership;
Strong partnership between the many actors involved, working with one budget, one plan and one report;
And building trust in the affected communities.
We also need to remember that Ebola is only one health threat among many that these communities face.
One of the things I heard from the community leaders is that they worry that the response to Ebola may take resources away from the health and humanitarian services they rely on for their many other needs.
Our ultimate measure of success is not whether we stop this outbreak.
We will. The Government of DRC has extensive experience with Ebola, and has stopped 16 previous outbreaks.
It’s just a matter of how quickly we can do it.
The real measure of success is what we do to prevent the 18th outbreak, and the 19th.
If the people of Ituri survive Ebola only to die from malaria or malnutrition, or pneumonia or diarrheal disease or HIV or diabetes, we have not really helped them.
For now, WHO and our partners are committed to ending this outbreak, under the leadership of the government.
And when it does end, we will remain equally committed to supporting the government and the local communities to build the health and humanitarian services they need and deserve.
Amna, back to you.
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Starlink Delivers 150 Kits to Provide Reliable Internet for Africa CDC Ebola Response in Eastern DRC
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 3 June 2026 — Starlink has delivered 150 kits to provide reliable, high-speed connectivity in support of the ongoing Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The kits are being deployed in Ituri Province, where response teams are working to stop the Ebola outbreak through strengthened surveillance, testing, treatment, case reporting and coordinated field operations, while supporting frontline health workers responding to the crisis.
Traditionally, to bring high speed, low latency connectivity somewhere it meant heavy equipment and was an intense project that could take years. With Starlink, everything you need is in a small box that will fit in a backpack. Without the bounds of traditional ground infrastructure, Starlink can be deployed in a matter of minutes. Starlink kits are designed to let users come online within minutes of unboxing, without expert assistance. Open the box and you have a mount, wifi router, and power cords. Put it in a place with a clear view of the sky.
Reliable connectivity plays a critical role during disease outbreaks. This effort follows discussions between Africa CDC and Starlink on how Starlink’s broadband connectivity can support public health emergency response efforts in remote and hard-to-reach areas. Powered by thousands of satellites in low-Earth orbit, Starlink will support real-time transmission of surveillance data and contact monitoring, improve communication between health facilities and emergency operations centres, and strengthen coordination of logistics and supply chains. Starlink connectivity will also support training and information-sharing among frontline responders working in affected areas.
“Outbreak control depends on speed, coordination and information,” said Dr Jean Kaseya, Director General of Africa CDC. “Every day, frontline teams make critical decisions that rely on timely data and communication. Reliable connectivity helps health workers report cases more quickly, coordinate response activities more effectively and access the technical support they need. This contribution strengthens our ability to support affected countries and protect lives.” Africa CDC extends its appreciation to Starlink for this timely contribution and its support for public health emergency response efforts on the continent.
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The IFRC is delivering essential supplies to eastern DRC in response to the Ebola epidemic.
04/06/2026 | Press release
A critical IFRC shipment of 13 Safe and Dignified Burial (SDB) kits and body bags has arrived in Bunia, DRC. This will help strengthen the response to the ongoing Ebola virus outbreak.
Photo: IFRC
Kinshasa/Nairobi/Geneva, June 4, 2026 - The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) delivered a large shipment of safe and dignified burial kits and body bags on June 3 to Bunia, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where the Ebola epidemic continues to claim victims and put a severe strain on an already fragile health system.
This shipment was flown from Dubai to Entebbe, Uganda, and then transported by road to Bunia on May 29, 2026. It contained 13 safe and dignified burial kits, enough to provide approximately 300 safe and dignified burials. The overland journey from Entebbe to Bunia takes about seven days, highlighting the logistical challenges of reaching affected populations in this remote region of the country.
A second shipment, pre-positioned in Kinshasa, is expected to arrive in Bunia by air this week. Thanks to the reopening of the airport, deliveries of operational equipment can be made more quickly. This shipment includes 10 safe burial kits and 300 body bags.
These deliveries, part of a larger 2.2 million Swiss franc procurement effort, will provide Red Cross teams with the operational equipment needed to continue to ensure safe and dignified burials, one of the most essential tools to contain the spread of Ebola.
“Every burial kit that arrives, and every burial carried out in compliance with health regulations, helps to break a potential chain of transmission. Our volunteers are working in extremely difficult conditions and need all the support possible, including these supplies, right now,” said Bruno Michon, IFRC’s Ebola response operations manager in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Safe and dignified burials are not merely a logistical task; they constitute a frontline public health intervention and an act of respect for families in their most painful moments. Delivering these supplies to our teams in eastern DRC is a race against time in the face of the virus.
The IFRC calls on the international community, donors and partners to support the regional emergency appeal to ensure that people in the DRC and throughout the region receive the life-saving assistance they urgently need.
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Ebola Response Update – June 3, 2026
Media Note
Office of the Spokesperson
June 3, 2026
The Department of State, in close coordination with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and in partnership with the governments of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, is continuing to mount a rapid and comprehensive response to the Ebola outbreak.
Protecting Americans
The Department’s highest priority remains protecting the health of the American people and preventing this Ebola outbreak from reaching our shores. To that end, the Department of State, in close coordination with the CDC, DoW, and the broader U.S. interagency, has published guidance on a voluntary process to assist U.S. citizens who have possible Ebola exposure or who request assistance to depart the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), South Sudan, or Uganda during the ongoing Ebola outbreak. U.S. citizens will remain subject to relevant U.S. and foreign government health, travel, and screening measures. Information regarding this new process may be found on the Department’s Ebola information page.
U.S. citizens are strongly encouraged to enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) for the most up to date information for their specific location.
Supporting the Regional Response
The Department of State’s foreign assistance announcements to date to combat the outbreak have exceeded $162 million. The Department has rapidly established six dedicated Ebola response clinics and is supporting dozens of health clinics to screen potential cases and transport and treat confirmed cases. U.S. assistance for the Ebola response is in addition to the significant U.S. health assistance to affected countries for HIV, TB, malaria, and other health areas. Beyond health assistance, the Department is also providing $350 million through OCHA pooled funds to the DRC, South Sudan, and Uganda for humanitarian efforts as part of $1.8 billion in additional U.S. funding to OCHA announced on May 14.
Recent U.S.-supported response activities include:
Border Screening and Surveillance- U.S.-funded partner, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), has established health screening and surveillance operations at points-of-entry and points-of-control in Burundi, the DRC, Rwanda, South Sudan, and Uganda.
- In the DRC, U.S.-funded partner FHI 360 has engaged local leaders, the faith community, and youth populations on Ebola risk communications. Engagements with Provincial Youth Council Members and a national Congolese Parents Association, along with radio spots in French and Swahili, have enhanced awareness of Ebola prevention measures, dispelled false rumors related to the outbreak, and built trust in Ebola treatment centers and response teams.
- In the DRC, U.S.-funded partner FHI 360 has strengthened diagnostic and testing capacity through: training laboratory staff; transporting samples for analysis; and helping the DRC National Laboratory increase lab capacity in five additional health zones. Decentralizing lab activity will greatly increase testing capacity and speed up the time between sample collection and testing.
- Department of State-funded implementers have established six specialized facilities to isolate and treat suspected or confirmed Ebola cases, including five transit centers and one Ebola treatment unit. Implementers also continue to support 43 health clinics to prevent transmission, screen suspected cases, and transport patients to dedicated Ebola treatment facilities.
- The UN World Food Program (WFP), supported by funding from the United States and other donors, is providing food assistance to people suspected of having Ebola, people confirmed to have Ebola, and health care workers in Goma, the capital city of the DRC’s North Kivu Province. WFP has expanded its targeted food assistance to North Kivu’s Beni Territory and South Kivu Province’s capital city of Bukavu since May 31.
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SitRep N°020/MVB_02/06/2026- juin 4, 2026
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Ebola Outbreak: Current Situation
For Everyone
June 4, 2026 Español
Key points- CDC is responding to an outbreak of Ebola disease in remote areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda.
- To date, no cases of Ebola disease have been confirmed in the United States because of this outbreak.
- The overall risk to the American public and travelers remains low.
Key updates- On May 18, CDC and DHS announced enhanced travel screening, entry restrictions, and public health measures to prevent Ebola disease from entering the United States amid outbreaks in East and Central Africa.
- Affected air passengers from DRC, South Sudan, and Uganda will have their air travel re-routed to arrive at Washington-Dulles International Airport (IAD), Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL), George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), or John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). Airlines will work directly with affected travelers to rebook flights.
- To date, South Sudan has not reported any cases, but it is included in these efforts due to shared borders with affected countries.
- On May 17, an American who was exposed as part of work caring for patients in DRC tested positive for Ebola disease caused by infection with the Bundibugyo (Bun-dee-BOO-joh) virus. The patient was transported to Germany for treatment and care and is currently in stable condition. In addition to being a shorter flight time, Germany has previous experience caring for Ebola patients.
- High-risk contacts associated with this exposure have been moved to Germany and the Czech Republic. They remain asymptomatic.
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