Congo’s Ebola outbreak on track to surpass deadliest in history, WHO chief says

“At its current pace, it’s on track to eclipse the West African Ebola outbreak of 2014 to 2016,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters on Wednesday.

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The outbreak, declared on 15 May, has caused more than 2,000 deaths, with thousands more reported cases.

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The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, caused by the Bundibugyo species, has killed more than 2,500 people and is growing exponentially; it is now the deadliest and fastest-spreading outbreak in the country's history, affecting an area larger than France.

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Euronews Published 13 August 2026

Congo’s Ebola outbreak on track to surpass deadliest in history, WHO chief says

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Ebola outbreak on track to be deadliest ever, WHO chief says

The outbreak, declared on 15 May, has caused more than 2,000 deaths, with thousands more reported cases.

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