Congo Ebola cases top 10,000 amid spread fears across Africa

Home News Politics Business Opinion Showbiz Health Sport World eStore No Result View All Result No Result View All Result Home Featured Congo Ebola cases top 10,000 amid spread fears across Africa Ebola cases in Congo have surpassed 10,000, raising concerns over further transmission and the potential spread to other African countries by The Custodian News October 28, 2026 in Featured, World 0 152 SHARES 1.9k VIEWS Share on FacebookShare on Twitter The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Democratic Republic of ​Congo has risen above 10,000, government data showed on Tuesday, ‌a milestone that coincides with growing fears the epidemic could spread to more African countries.

The latest situation report from Congo’s public health institute put the number of cases ​at 10,060, with those killed by the virus reaching 4,887.

The ​outbreak, caused by the rare Bundibugyo species of Ebola, was ⁠announced in mid-May and has since become the largest and deadliest in ​Congo, surpassing a 2018-2020 epidemic.

It is now the second-largest and second-deadliest on ​record behind only the 2014-2016 West African Ebola outbreak, which infected over 28,600 people and killed more than 11,000, mainly in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

Earlier this month, ​Kenya reported its first case and went on to announce nine cases in ​total, after a man who had travelled from Congo via Uganda died in Nairobi. Last ‌week, ⁠Nigeria became the fourth African country to report an Ebola case.

Health officials have been seeking to work out how and where the patient — the wife of a Swiss diplomat, who had not travelled to Congo — contracted the ​disease. The Swiss government ​said she ⁠was believed to have contracted it in Uganda.

The woman and her husband were flown to hospitals in Switzerland on Monday.

Uganda ​reported 20 cases in May and June, mostly imported ​from ⁠Congo, but the World Health Organization declared the country Ebola-free in August.

Ugandan officials say the country does not have any Ebola cases.

Uganda’s health minister said on ⁠Sunday that ​Ugandan citizens returning to the country with ​a history of travel to Congo would be quarantined for 21 days.

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