JAKARTA — The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) has exceeded 500, according to the Congolese News Agency, citing government data.
“Key Ebola figures indicate 253 recoveries, 1,561 confirmed cases, including 506 deaths, and 628 patients currently hospitalized,” the report said, as cited by Sputnik and reported by ANTARA on Monday, July 6.
The report also stated that the Ebola case fatality rate is estimated at 32.4 percent.
In May 2026, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo and Uganda a public health emergency with the potential to threaten other countries. The UN agency assessed the risk of further regional spread as high.
Earlier, on June 29, the DR Congo government banned public gatherings in the capital, Kinshasa, as well as in the provinces of Tshopo, Haut-Uele, and Bas-Uele to curb the spread of the Ebola virus, according to Radio Okapi.
Congolese Interior Minister Jacquemain Shabani announced the measure in a ministerial circular dated June 27, 2026, addressed to governors of the affected provinces.
Shabani said the restrictions were imposed due to growing health risks associated with the spread of Ebola in several parts of the country.
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