Overview
- The WHO, which declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on Sunday, cited the risk of spread beyond Congo and the lack of an approved vaccine.
- Health agencies report more than 300 suspected cases and at least 80 deaths, with the heaviest toll in Ituri province.
- Authorities confirmed a lab-positive case in Goma and another in Kinshasa after travel from Ituri.
- Uganda recorded imported infections, including a 59-year-old Congolese man who sought care in Kampala and died.
- The WHO urged stronger surveillance, contact tracing, and isolation while advising against border closures as conflict and displacement hamper the response.