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DR Congo begins Ebola vaccination trials for frontline health workers
DR Congo is rolling out vaccine trials for health workers at the centre of the country’s Ebola crisis.
![A drone view of workers at the Ceca-20 cemetery, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain an Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus, in Mungwalu, Djugu Territory of Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo [File: Gradel Muyisa Mumbere TPX/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/reuters_6a9838da-1788360922.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Pupils attend classes in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, as the country begins a new school year amid an Ebola outbreak [Prosper Heri/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Pupils-in-Goma-1-1788194570.png?resize=270%2C175&quality=80)
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Over 6,000 Ebola cases confirmed in DRC as death toll nears 3,000
Outbreak in the DRC ‘the fastest-spreading Ebola epidemic ever recorded,’ as country struggles to contain infections.
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DR Congo begins vaccinating against largest and deadliest Ebola outbreak
70,000 Ervebo vaccine doses have been sent to DR Congo in hope they prove effective against the Bundibugyo strain.
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DRC’s is the fastest-spreading Ebola outbreak ever recorded, with 5,794 confirmed cases and 2,786 deaths.
World Health Organization says Ebola outbreak in Uganda is over
International body declares Uganda Ebola-free after 42 days without new transmission, though cases rise in DR Congo.
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Nearly one in two Ebola patients dying in DR Congo outbreak
Almost one in two people infected with Ebola are dying, Democratic Republic of the Congo government figures show.
Published On 24 Aug 2026
Ebola cases in DRC hit 5,515 as Pope Leo urges global action to save lives
Case fatality rate climbs to nearly 48 percent in DRC, meaning almost one in two people infected with Ebola are dying.
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DR Congo miners risk Ebola to make a living
DR Congo miners risk Ebola to make a living
Published On 23 Aug 2026
How the deadliest Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak can be stopped
The priorities are clear: reach every affected area, protect frontline workers, and turn commitments into action.
![Health workers stand in a new Ebola treatment center during a visit of Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), in Bunia, in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. [May 31: AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/afp_6a874510dda1-1787249936.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Ebola continues to spread in the DRC as 16,000 vaccine doses arrive
Health authorities are warning that ‘approximately one person has been dying from Ebola every thirty minutes’.
Published On 22 Aug 2026
More than 16,000 doses of Ervebo vaccine arrive in Ebola-hit DR Congo
The doses are the first of 70,000 allocated for Kinshasa as experts warn of the virus’s exponential spread.
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