First vaccine shipment reaches DR Congo
Authorities confirm that 16,250 Ervebo doses have arrived in Kinshasa as the provisional toll reaches 5,375 cases and 2,557 deaths.
Sources: DRC Ministry of Public Health and Radio Okapi
Eastern DRC Ebola appeal · Published 29 July 2026 · Updated 23 August 2026
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Ebola deaths pass 2,500 in eastern DR Congo
More than 5,300 confirmed cases are reported across six provinces as the first vaccine doses arrive for a controlled trial and frontline workers.
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WHO and Africa CDC allocate 70,000 doses
Twenty thousand doses are intended for a controlled Phase 3 trial and 50,000 for frontline and health workers. Protection against Bundibugyo virus is not yet established.
Sources: World Health Organization and Africa CDC
Provisional toll continues to climb
National surveillance figures reach 5,208 confirmed cases and 2,476 deaths as response teams work across six affected provinces.
Source: DRC Ministry of Public Health
WHO details spread across five provinces
WHO reports sustained transmission in a conflict-affected environment where displaced communities have limited access to food, clean water, shelter and health care.
Source: World Health Organization
International public-health emergency declared
WHO determines that the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak constitutes a public health emergency of international concern.
Source: World Health Organization
Verified outbreak facts
The toll is rising while access and surveillance remain uneven
Latest health-authority figures reported on 22 August remain provisional. Later updates may revise totals as laboratories and health zones reconcile records.
confirmed cases
Latest provisional health-authority total.
confirmed deaths
Reported across the six-province outbreak area.
affected provinces
Across eastern and north-eastern DR Congo.
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Communities need safer care, reliable information and sustained access
Conflict, displacement, poor roads and weak access to health services can delay testing, ambulance transfers, treatment and contact tracing. UNICEF has also reported a 42% fall in use of essential health services in outbreak hotspots.
Community trust is equally important. Clear laboratory communication, respectful care, safe burials and locally led surveillance can help people seek care earlier and reduce undetected transmission.
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Sources used for this appeal
Fast-changing figures are dated and qualified. Reported totals may include delayed detection, laboratory results or reporting backlogs.
- DRC Ministry of Public Health and Institut National de Santé PubliqueNational surveillance, affected provinces and provisional totals · checked 23 August 2026
- World Health OrganizationRisk assessment, vaccine allocation and trial design · checked 23 August 2026
- Africa Centres for Disease Control and PreventionVaccine allocation and continental coordination · checked 23 August 2026
- UNICEFChild impact and disruption to essential health services · checked 23 August 2026
- Radio OkapiIndependent reporting on the first vaccine shipment · 23 August 2026
- El PaÃsIndependent reporting on outbreak spread and the vaccine response · 20 August 2026
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First published: . Last fact-checked: .
- : Appeal first published.
- : Outbreak facts and response context updated.
- : Death toll, response warning and humanitarian context updated.
- : Case and death totals, affected provinces, vaccine response and essential-service context updated.