In a follow-up on the Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the official DRC Ministry of Health update details an ongoing Ebola outbreak as of June 24, 2026, concentrated in Ituri province (epicenter with 22 affected health zones), plus surveillance in 11 zones of Nord-Kivu and limited cases in Sud-Kivu.
Cumulative figures show 1,155 confirmed cases, 304 deaths (26.3% case fatality rate), 326 patients currently hospitalized, 138 cured, and a 79.2% contact tracing rate across the three provinces.
Operational highlights include the launch of a 90-day cross-border response plan with Uganda, 16 recent cures in Ituri, a confirmed Ebola case exported to France in a responding doctor, and the non-Ebola death of a deployed health expert.
Bundibugyo virus (BDBV or Orthoebolavirus bundibugyoense) is one of four ebolavirus species known to cause severe disease in humans (alongside Zaire/EBOV, Sudan/SUDV, and Taï Forest/TAFV). It belongs to the family Filoviridae (filoviruses).
First identified in 2007–2008 during an outbreak in Bundibugyo District, western Uganda (131 cases, ~32–34% CFR).
Second known outbreak: 2012 in Isiro, DRC (38 confirmed cases, ~34% CFR).
Current 2026 outbreak in eastern DRC (Ituri epicenter) and cross-border spread to Uganda marks the third recorded outbreak and the largest for this species.