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During May 17–18, 2026, WHO and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) separately determined that the outbreak of Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus (BDBV) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda constituted a Public Health Emergency of International Concern under the International Health Regulations (2005) and a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security. This occurred after more than a month of undetected but suspected transmission of an unclassified viral haemorrhagic fever in Ituri province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. On May 15, 2026, Uganda had reported a case of imported BDBV in one of its private health facilities within the city, Kampala. A second case was identified in Kampala in a separate private health facility on the next day. This outbreak arising out of two imported cases from the Democratic Republic of the Congo represents the second recognised outbreak caused by BDBV in Uganda since its initial identification in the western part of the country in 2007.
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