Doctors Without Borders (MSF) doctors wearing personal protective equipment move through the isolated red zone to monitor patients, provide medical care, and ensure sanitation of the facility at the Ebola Treatment Center (ETC) in Munigi on June 2, 2026. (Photo: AFP)
October 27, 2026
Africa Ebola outbreak passes 10,000 cases — DR Congo health authorities
KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) — Africa’s latest outbreak of Ebola has passed 10,000 confirmed cases, the vast majority of them in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Congolese health authorities said on Tuesday.
According to the DRC figures, 10,060 people have been infected and 4,887 have died in the country’s deadliest outbreak of the virus. Cases have likewise been detected in Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda.
