Ebola in DR Congo tops 7,000 cases, reaches seventh province

2026-09-11 21:33 UTC – 2026-09-12 20:44 UTC

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The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo has exceeded 7,000, with 7,022 infections and 3,398 deaths reported by the government. The outbreak, caused by the rare Bundibugyo virus, has spread to a seventh province, South-Ubangi in the northwest, where an infected man travelled by road and river transport. Authorities are tracing the patient's contacts and fear the number of people exposed could be large. The outbreak began in the northeastern Ituri province and, according to officials, shows no signs of slowing down.

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2026-09-11 21:33 · NRK (outlet profile)
Ebolautbruddet i Kongo sprer seg – over 7 000 smittet. Antallet bekreftede ebolatilfeller i Den demokratiske republikken Kongo har økt til 7 022, viser tall fra myndighetene som ble lagt frem fredag. Den siste statusrap…
2026-09-11 22:06 · Blic (outlet profile)
EBOLA STIGLA U NOVU PROVINCIJU Strahuje se od širenja zaraze: Pacijent koristio drumski i rečni prevoz. Vršilac dužnosti guvernera provincije Sud-Ubangi, Žan-Rene Galekva Vundave izjavio je danas da je u severozapadnom…
2026-09-11 23:30 · Inquirer.net (outlet profile)
Ebola outbreak in Congo spreads to a 7th province. KINSHASA, Congo — The Ebola outbreak in Congo, the world’s fastest-growing outbreak of the disease on record, has now spread to seven provinces in the Afric…
2026-09-12 03:08 · DR Nyheder (outlet profile)
Ebolaudbrud i DR Congo har nu smittet over 7000
2026-09-12 06:22 · Украинская правда (outlet profile)
Самая смертоносная вспышка Эболы в истории Конго распространилась на новую провинцию. В Демократической Республике Конго зафиксировано 7022 случая Эболы в семи провинциях. Вирус обнаружен в Южном Убанги — власти отслежи…
2026-09-12 07:38 · Politika (outlet profile)
Број оболелих од еболе у ДР Конгу повећао се на 7.022. Власти страхују да би број особа које су биле у контакту са зараженим могао да буде велик
2026-09-12 07:50 · Blic (outlet profile)
OPASNA EPIDEMIJA SE OTIMA KONTROLI! Broj zaraženih smrtonosnim virusom već PREMAŠIO 7.000, skoro polovina obolelih umrla. Broj potvrđenih slučajeva obolelih od ebole u Demokratskoj Republici Kongo povećao se na 7.022, u…
2026-09-12 09:57 · ТАСС (outlet profile)
В ДРК число заболевших Эболой превысило 7 тыс.. Из них умерли 3 398 человек
2026-09-12 10:04 · NIN (outlet profile)
Novi slučaj ebole daleko od epicentra epidemije u Kongu: Preko 7.000 potvrđenih slučajeva, lasti strahuju od širenja. U saopštenju se navodi da je epidemija ebola zabeležena u sedam provincija u Kongu.
2026-09-12 11:36 · Российская газета (outlet profile)
В ДР Конго количество заболевших Эболой превысило 7 тысяч. Число лабораторно подтвержденных случаев лихорадки Эбола в Демократической Республики Конго (ДРК) превысило 7 тысяч. В текущую вспышку заболели 7 022 человека,…
2026-09-12 11:41 · Dawn (outlet profile)
Worst DR Congo Ebola epidemic ever passes 7,000 cases. More than 7,000 Ebola cases have been recorded in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) worst outbreak of the deadly disease ever, according to figures from the…
2026-09-12 13:27 · News.ru (outlet profile)
Названо число заболевших Эболой в ДРК. SABC: в ДРК число заболевших Эболой превысило 7 тыс. человек
2026-09-12 15:58 · Al Jazeera (outlet profile)
DR Congo’s worst Ebola epidemic ever passes 7,000 cases. DRC detected the outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo virus in mid-May; nearly 3,400 people have since died.
2026-09-12 17:26 · Deutsche Welle (outlet profile)
В ДРК число подтвержденных случаев Эболы превысило 7000. Вспышка лихорадки Эбола распространилась на седьмую провинцию - Южное Убанги - на северо-западе Демократической Республики Конго. Погибли 3398 человек, 1671 выздо…
2026-09-12 20:44 · Al Jazeera (outlet profile)
Ebola spreads to seventh DRC province as gov’t insists cases are declining. Ebola has reached a seventh DR Congo province after an infected man travelled through Rwanda and Uganda.

Factual core

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the number of Ebola cases has exceeded 7,000.
The Ebola outbreak in Congo has spread to a seventh province, Sud-Ubangi.
The Bundibugyo virus is a rare kind of Ebola that caused the current outbreak.

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