DR Congo's Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak becomes deadliest ever recorded
X-Risk Daily
Monday 17 August 2026
Biosecurity
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has become the deadliest in the country's history, with government data showing on 16 August that CNN reported the epidemic had killed 2,325 people, surpassing the toll from the 2018-2020 outbreak.
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