Overview
- Congo’s health minister now reports 513 suspected infections and 131 suspected deaths, with most reports from Ituri and new investigations in North Kivu.
- The WHO declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on Sunday, warning that the true scale may be larger than current reports show.
- Laboratory-confirmed cases in Kinshasa and in conflict-hit Goma signal risk of urban spread, with the Goma patient linked to travel from Ituri.
- Cross-border spread is confirmed, with two cases in Kampala in Uganda including one death, and a detected case in South Sudan near the DRC border.
- With no vaccine or specific treatment for Bundibugyo, WHO has flown emergency supplies to Bunia, MSF is preparing a large-scale response, and the U.S. CDC is deploying support and helping relocate a small number of affected Americans.