Ebola

All reports · Virus · Update 7 October 2026

• 7 October 2026 · New

  Kenya, 7 October: 10 people are in quarantine. Officials are trying to reach 57 more contacts of the patient who died. Tracing now includes later passengers on the same aircraft, cleaners, and immigration staff. Congo, as of 5 October: 8,665 confirmed cases and 4,178 deaths. That is 62 more cases and 30 more deaths than through 4 October. With the Kenya death, the CDC lists 8,688 cases and 4,181 deaths.

  Reported by CIDRAP. Congo count: CDC, page dated 7 October, figures as of 5 October. Same-aircraft tracing: Outbreak Updates. Daily increase: FluTrackers

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  https://x.com/CIDRAP/status/2107943974631600348https://www.cdc.gov/ebola/situation-summary/index.html

• 6 October 2026 · New

  Kenya: first imported case. One confirmed case. The patient died after arriving in Nairobi on 3 October from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, via Uganda. 28 contacts are identified. 23 passengers and 4 crew are being traced. Congo, figures through 4 October 2026: 8,603 confirmed cases and 4,148 deaths. This outbreak is Bundibugyo virus, declared in mid-May.

  Reported by Kenya Ministry of Health. Congo figures: ECDC, 5 October 2026

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  https://x.com/MOH_Kenya/status/2107407663231558024https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/ebola-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-and-uganda

• Mid-May 2026

  Outbreak declared in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Reported as the country’s 17th.

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• June 2026

  France: one case in a doctor who returned from Congo. No further spread reported.

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• August 2026

  Uganda declared the linked outbreak over: 20 cases, 2 deaths.

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• 28 September 2026

  Congo public-health figures passed 8,000 cases: 8,067 confirmed, 3,901 deaths.

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• 3 October 2026

  ECDC report published 4 October, data through 3 October. The next report added 59 confirmed cases and 34 deaths. From that increase, the 3 October total is 8,544 confirmed cases and 4,114 deaths.

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• 4 October 2026

  Congo, data through 4 October. ECDC, published 5 October: 8,603 confirmed cases, 4,148 deaths, 896 patients in isolation. That is 59 more cases and 34 more deaths than through 3 October. Ituri: 6,450 cases, 2,968 deaths. North Kivu: 1,729 cases, 1,005 deaths. The 7 October update replaced these figures.

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• 6 October 2026

  Kenya: first imported case. The patient died. 28 contacts identified.

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• 7 October 2026

  Kenya: 10 people in quarantine, 57 contacts still being sought. Congo as of 5 October: 8,665 confirmed cases, 4,178 deaths.

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• 7 October 2026

  Kenya: 10 people in quarantine, 57 contacts still being sought. Congo as of 5 October: 8,665 confirmed cases, 4,178 deaths.

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