EBOLA BUNDIBUGYO VIRUS DISEASE OUTBREAK Democratic Republic of the Congo | Uganda Weekly External Situation Report 15, Data as of 23 August 2026 was recorded by Global Incident Tracker on Wednesday, 26 August 2026 at 22:21 UTC. The event is classified as a epidemic incident with a severity rating of Severe, and was detected through AFRO.
EBOLA BUNDIBUGYO VIRUS DISEASE OUTBREAK Democratic Republic of the Congo | Uganda Weekly External Situation Report 15, Data as of 23 August 2026 orlunwop@who.int Wed, 26/08/2026 - 23:21 More than three months into the response, the Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo remains characterized by sustained transmission, high mortality and continued geographic expansion. The epidemiological picture is increasingly heterogeneous, with persistent transmission in established hotspots in Ituri, intensifying transmission in parts of Nord-Kivu and Haut-Uélé, and continued geographic expansion through the emergence of cases in previously unaffected health zones. Since External Situation Report #14, a total of 563 new confirmed cases and 302 confirmed deaths have been reported, bringing the cumulative total to 5 584 co
Where this happened
The incident is located in Republic of the Congo (Africa), whose capital is Brazzaville. Historically, Republic of the Congo is most affected by floods and epidemics. You can follow every incident recorded in this country, updated live, on the Republic of the Congo incident tracker.
Approximate coordinates of the reported event are -0.200°, 15.800°. The marker on the map above shows this position; for news-derived reports the location reflects the place named in media coverage and may represent a district or city rather than an exact site.
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Timeline and sources
Reported
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· received · event time 26 Aug 2026, 22:21 UTCFirst report Merged duplicate
First recorded from AFRO.
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Conditions at the time
Light rain of 0.7 mm was recorded, and the temperature peaked at 31°C.
Weather reanalysis for this location and date via Open-Meteo.