Health
Ebola outbreak kills more than 5,300 people across DR Congo and neighboring countries
November 3, 2026 at 04:29 AM
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3 reports · 2 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 8 hours
AJAl Jazeera English
Ebola outbreak kills more than 5,300 people in DR Congo
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مصالمصرى اليوم
في أسرع تفشٍّ.. فيروس إيبولا يودي بحياة أكثر من 5300 شخص
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AJAl Jazeera Arabic
إيبولا يحصد 5 آلاف في الكونغو.. والوباء يتجاوز الحدود
(opens the publisher’s site)Africa's Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak, declared in the DRC in May, has killed more than 5,300 people and spread to Kenya, Uganda, and Nigeria.
- Africa CDC reported the outbreak had killed 5,376 people — 5,372 in the DRC and two each in Kenya and Uganda — among roughly 10,400 infections.
- Kenya recorded its first-ever Ebola cases in October with nine infections and two deaths; Uganda declared itself Ebola-free in August.
- Nigeria's health authorities said two rounds of testing confirmed two suspected cases in the northeast returned negative results.
- Saudi Arabia on October 30 suspended its citizens' travel to Kenya and stopped issuing visas to arrivals from the country.