Ebola Outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo Claims Over 2,000 Lives

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Health experts are intensifying efforts to contain an Ebola outbreak that officials from the World Health Organization believe may have started months before being officially reported.

Date: August 11, 2026, at 9:25 a.m. EDT

Volunteers preparing to recover the body of a presumed Ebola victim in Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo, illustrate the ongoing crisis (Photo by Benediction Murhabazi / AFP / Getty Images).

NAIROBI — The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has resulted in over 2,000 deaths. Health authorities are confronting a rapidly spreading situation they suspect began earlier than initially acknowledged. Government records indicate a total of 2,011 deaths and 4,381 confirmed cases, as reported by the Associated Press.