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Cole Mercer

DRC Ebola Outbreak Tops 2,000 Cases as WHO Warns True Toll May Be Twice as High and U.S. Entry Rules Near Expiration

A Record-Breaking Outbreak With an Uncertain True Scale

The Democratic Republic of Congo is now at the center of the largest outbreak of Bundibugyo Ebola virus ever recorded in history. As of July 14, 2026, the DRC government reported 2,011 confirmed cases and 754 deaths, with 753 patients currently hospitalized in isolation, according to data from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. The outbreak, declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the WHO on May 16, 2026, has now killed more people in ten weeks than the entire 2007 Bundibugyo outbreak that gave this viral species its name.

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