Congo announces three Ebola treatment centres in Ituri region amid outbreak
The Congolese Health Minister announced the establishment of three Ebola treatment centers in the Ituri region amid an ongoing outbreak. The World Health Organization has declared the situation a public health emergency, with over 300 suspected cases and 88 deaths reported. Health authorities are mobilizing resources and seeking vaccines and treatments to combat the outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus.
- ▪Three Ebola treatment centers are being opened in the Ituri region of Congo.
- ▪The World Health Organization has declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern.
- ▪The current outbreak is caused by the Bundibugyo virus, which has no approved therapeutics or vaccines.
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The Congolese Health Minister announced the opening of three treatment centres in the Ituri region in eastern Congo on Sunday (May 17, 2026) evening as he visited the region amid the ongoing Ebola outbreak.“We know that the hospitals are already under stress because of the patients,” said Samuel Roger Kamba, the Health Minister, while visiting Bunia, the capital and largest city in Ituri. "But we are preparing to have treatment centers at all three sites in order to be able to expand our capabilities,” he further addedThe World Health Organization declared the Ebola disease outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on Sunday (May 17, 2026), after more than 300 suspected cases and 88 deaths in Congo and two in neighboring Uganda.
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