The largest Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak on record has now killed 454 people and infected 1,481 others — and for the first time in history, a clinical trial to test treatments specifically for this strain of Ebola opened enrollment this week in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The World Health Organization confirmed the updated figures on July 4, 2026, covering 1,460 cases in DRC, 20 in Uganda, and one imported case in France. A U.S. citizen who contracted the virus in DRC has been medically evacuated to Germany for treatment. No cases have been confirmed in the United States.
