- Oct 27
Nigeria's first Ebola patient, a Ugandan woman, evacuated as DR Congo cases pass 10,000
The patient, a 42-year-old woman who lived in Abuja with her husband, a Swiss diplomat, was evacuated to Switzerland on Monday, 26 October, while investigators still cannot say how she was infected.
- Oct 19
DRC confirms eighth Ebola province as Kenya reports its eighth case
North Ubangi became the eighth province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to record Ebola cases, as national figures reached 9,455 cases and 4,561 deaths. Kenya, meanwhile, confirmed its eighth case in a patient who cared for the country's first patient.
- Sep 29
Congo Ebola outbreak tops 8,000 cases and 3,900 deaths as healthcare strain and attacks mount
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has recorded 8,067 confirmed Ebola cases and 3,901 deaths across seven provinces, as medical strikes, supply deficits, and violent attacks on responders hinder containment of the Bundibugyo strain.