Ebola virus behind massive outbreak in DRC could be mutating, officials say
Members of a Congolese Red Cross team with the coffin of a woman suspected of having died from Ebola virus in Bunia last June. Photograph: Jospin Mwisha/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenMembers of a Congolese Red Cross team with the coffin of a woman suspected of having died from Ebola virus in Bunia last June. Speaking on Thursday, Dr Jean Kaseya, director general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), told a press briefing cases had topped 4,000.The outbreak is now the second-largest Ebola outbreak on record.
- ▪Members of a Congolese Red Cross team with the coffin of a woman suspected of having died from Ebola virus in Bunia last June.
- ▪Photograph: Jospin Mwisha/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenMembers of a Congolese Red Cross team with the coffin of a woman suspected of having died from Ebola virus in Bunia last June.
- ▪Speaking on Thursday, Dr Jean Kaseya, director general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), told a press briefing cases had topped 4,000.The outbreak is now the second-largest Ebola outbreak on record.
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Members of a Congolese Red Cross team with the coffin of a woman suspected of having died from Ebola virus in Bunia last June. Photograph: Jospin Mwisha/AFP/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenMembers of a Congolese Red Cross team with the coffin of a woman suspected of having died from Ebola virus in Bunia last June. Photograph: Jospin Mwisha/AFP/Getty ImagesEbolaEbola virus behind massive outbreak in DRC could be mutating, officials sayCases have passed 4,000 and health watchdog plans to go door to door to find patients in major response escalationKat Lay Global health correspondentThu 6 Aug 2026 12.18 EDTLast modified on Thu 6 Aug 2026 12.23 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleThe virus causing a massive outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could be mutating,…
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