DRC reports record number of Ebola cases in a single day as outbreak hits 1-month mark

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Source: abcnews


The DRC has confirmed 782 cases and 181 deaths since the outbreak began.

By Dada Jovanovic, Zoe Magee, and Mary Kekatos

June 15, 2026, 1:28 PM

Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have reported a record one-day increase in Ebola cases since the current outbreak was first detected one month ago.

The DRC Ministry of Health reported 72 new confirmed Ebola cases on June 13, bringing the total number of cases to 782. Additionally, 29 deaths were recorded, bringing to 181 the number of fatalities that have occurred in the last month.

The majority of cases are still concentrated in three provinces in the northeast part of the country: Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu. Two new health zones, Nia-Nia in Ituri and Mabalako in North Kivu, reported cases for the first time, increasing the number of affected health zones to 31, according to the Ministry of Health...............................

Meanwhile, the U.S. State Department recently announced plans to provide $50 million to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), which describes itself as "a global partnership working to accelerate the development of vaccines and other biologic countermeasures against epidemic and pandemic threats," to help develop vaccines and treatments against the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola that's driving the current outbreak.............................





Read more: https://abcnews.com/Health/drc-reports-record-number-ebola-cases-single-day/story?id=133883214

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The U.N. said it may be difficult to accurately track the number of children who may be affected by the outbreak due to inefficient surveillance.

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[RussBLib]

1. that story does not allay fears

...that Ebola could jump across the Atlantic. Oh, we are giving them some money. Good. But how severely have our resources to detect and contain something like Ebola been cut by the Orange Genius, his Rocket Man, and the legion of Musk bros that were allowed near unfettered access to our government? Idiocracy or worse.

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[bamagal62]

2. We've learned that it is contained...

Until it’s NOT.
It only takes one. I lived through SARS in Hong Kong. And, then Covid. I didn’t trust the Chinese when SARS hit (I could see ground zero from my balcony) and, then, look what happened in Trumps term with Covid. They’ll lie until it’s too late. God help us.