Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak remains active in DRC and Uganda

Published by Albis · 6 Jun 2026

Health agencies say the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak continues to affect the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, with new confirmed cases, isolation measures and cross-border preparedness still shaping the response

• • Active cross-border Ebola transmission remains one of the clearest immediate public-health risks in the cycle.
• • Public-health transmission chain.
• • Uganda had reported 19 confirmed cases and two deaths, including three new cases reported on June 5 that were contacts of confirmed cases.
• • The DRC remained the centre of the outbreak.