Congolese #hospital #staff cohort admitted with infectious symptoms in the setting of the #Bundibugyo virus #outbreak, April and May 2026, Bunia, #DRC

 

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On May 15, 2026, DR Congo announced an outbreak of Ebola disease caused by a new variant of Bundibugyo virus in Ituri Province.1 The outbreak's epicentre was Mongbwalu, a gold mining town located 80 km from Bunia, Ituri's capital. In the 2 weeks before this announcement, Centre Medical Evangelique's Centre Hospitalier de Bunia (CME-Bunia), had received 11 patients from Mongbwalu, 63% of whom eventually died. Most had fever, diarrhoea, and vomiting, and several developed bleeding. Subsequent chart review has shown similar cases arriving as early as April 2.

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Link: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(26)00420-2/fulltext?rss=yes

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