2026 Ebola outbreak in Central Africa

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Health workers in full protective gear disinfect an isolation ward in a hospital room during the Ebola outbreak in Mongbwalu, Democratic Republic of Congo.

A health worker in protective clothing checks the temperature of a masked patient arriving by motorcycle taxi at Rwampara Hospital, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Health workers in protective suits carry a coffin at a cemetery in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, as mourners watch during an Ebola outbreak burial.

2026 Ebola outbreak in Central Africa: Media

epidemic, Central Africa [2026]

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Health workers in full protective gear disinfect an isolation ward in a hospital room during the Ebola outbreak in Mongbwalu, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Patient care during the 2026 Ebola outbreak

Health workers wearing protective equipment disinfect an isolation ward inside the...

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A health worker in protective clothing checks the temperature of a masked patient arriving by motorcycle taxi at Rwampara Hospital, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Medical surveillance during the 2026 Ebola outbreak

A health worker measures the temperature of a patient suspected of having Ebola as...

© Glody Murhabazi—AFP/Getty Images

Health workers in protective suits carry a coffin at a cemetery in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, as mourners watch during an Ebola outbreak burial.

2026 Ebola outbreak in Central Africa

Health workers carry a coffin for the burial of a person suspected of having died...

© Glody Murhabazi—AFP/Getty Images

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