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DR Congo: Bundibugyo Ebola Virus Outbreak: Launch of the EBO-PEP Trial to Protect High-Risk Contacts
By Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention at ReliefWeb
· July 14, 2026
· 10 min read
. The trial begins on 14 July 2026 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. Paris – Kinshasa, 14 July 2026 – On 17 May 2026, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared that the current Ebola virus disease outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo an
Key takeaway As of 9 July, 600 people had died and 1,759 had been infected, according to figures from the DRC’s National Institute of Public Health (INSP).
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Category: disaster ·
Published: July 14, 2026 ·
Source: ReliefWeb ·
Reading time: 10 min
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