Growing DRC Ebola outbreak has already spread to Uganda with high risk of reaching South Sudan

A rare strain of Ebola that began spreading undetected in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in early April 2026 has now confirmed transmission in Uganda and is potentially on course to reach South Sudan, according to a new modeling study from the World Health Organization (WHO) published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

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