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Uganda Clears 60 Contacts of Kenya's First Patient and Spells Out Congo Quarantine Rules as Nigeria's Contact List Grows to 53

October 26, 2026 · 5 min

Uganda discharged all 60 contacts of Kenya's first Ebola patient after 21 days without symptoms and set out 21-day, self-paid quarantine for citizens returning from Congo. Nigeria's NCDC now follows 53 primary contacts, none symptomatic as…
Kenya Reports a Second Ebola Death in Its Single Cluster as Congo's Count Passes 9,800 Confirmed

October 25, 2026 · 5 min

The BBC reports a 65-year-old relative of Kenya's first Ebola patient has died, as accounts differ over one untraced contact. In Congo, WHO describes an expanded treatment centre in Isiro, and the ministry counts 9,816 confirmed cases and…
First Bundibugyo Vaccine Trial Begins in Congo as Uganda Bars Transit for Recent Congo Travelers

October 24, 2026 · 5 min

The Tumaini Phase 2/3 trial vaccinated its first participant in Bunia on Friday, starting with Ervebo, as WHO counts 9,704 confirmed cases in Congo. Uganda halts transit for travelers recently in Congo while Switzerland disputes Uganda's…
CDC Will Require Every U.S.-Bound Air Passenger to Attest They Haven't Been in Congo

October 23, 2026 · 5 min

Starting November 3, everyone flying into the United States, citizens included, must sign a statement that they haven't been in Congo in the previous 21 days. Nigeria's health minister and Africa CDC now say the country's first Ebola…
WHO Says Congo's Ebola Cases Are Rising Again as Uganda Tightens Border Screening

October 22, 2026 · 5 min

WHO's latest situation report says Congo's Ebola transmission is intensifying again, with 9,637 confirmed cases and 4,646 deaths as of October 19, as Africa CDC calls health ministers together for October 28. Uganda is tightening screening…

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Nigeria Confirms Its First Ebola Case as the U.S. Raises Kenya to a Level 3 Travel Advisory

October 21, 2026 · 5 min

Nigeria confirmed an imported Bundibugyo Ebola case in Abuja on Tuesday and is tracing 44 contacts, while Uganda disputes any suggestion the infection happened there. In Kenya, confirmed cases reached nine, all in one known cluster, and…
Kenya Reaches Seven Confirmed Ebola Cases as Congo's Outbreak Hits an Eighth Province

October 19, 2026 · 5 min

Kenya's Health Ministry confirmed four more Ebola cases on Saturday, all among quarantined contacts of its first patient, for seven confirmed in total. In Congo, the outbreak has reached North Ubangi on the Central African Republic border…
DRC Passes 9,066 Confirmed Ebola Cases as U.S. Renews Travel Restrictions for 30 Days

October 14, 2026 · 5 min

Congo's Ebola task force reports 9,066 confirmed cases and 4,381 deaths as of October 11, a 48.3 percent case fatality rate across 65 health zones. A CDC notice dated October 11 extends U.S. entry restrictions tied to DRC, Uganda and South…
Tshopo Province Ebola Confirmed Cases Rise to 55 as Local Spread Grows

October 13, 2026 · 3 min

Tshopo Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo now reports 55 confirmed Ebola cases, up from 51. Most are locally acquired, not imported, which shows transmission taking hold in a province beyond the outbreak's original eastern…
Ebola Surveillance: WHO Africa's Report Card and Phone Data in the DRC

October 12, 2026 · 5 min

DRC Ebola surveillance is in focus: WHO's Africa office reports 46 of 47 member states now have genomic sequencing capability. In the Bundibugyo outbreak, Flowminder and Vodacom are using aggregated phone records to track population…
DRC Ebola Averages 72 Cases a Day; Moderna Vaccine Cleared for Uganda

October 10, 2026 · 5 min

DRC Ebola outbreak: WHO's latest Disease Outbreak News shows the seven-day average climbing to 72 new confirmed cases a day despite regional declines. Meanwhile, Moderna's Bundibugyo vaccine candidate won ethical approval for Phase Ib…
DRC Ebola: Ituri and North Kivu Cases Fall, but Africa CDC Urges Caution

October 9, 2026 · 5 min

Africa CDC reports confirmed Ebola cases in the DRC fell 24 percent in Ituri and 19 percent in North Kivu over three weeks. It warns that insecurity, underreporting and deaths outside health facilities mean the Bundibugyo outbreak is far…

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About the show

Ebola Watch is your daily six-minute briefing on the Ebola outbreak affecting the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. Every weekday, we track confirmed case counts and suspected cases separately, follow WHO situation reports out of Geneva, and translate the science into plain language for anyone with a reason to pay attention — whether you're a global-health professional, an aid worker in the region, or an American with a flight booked to East or Central Africa. We cover cross-border contact tracing between Kinshasa and Kampala, vaccine deployment from the WHO emergency stockpile, treatment center conditions reported by Doctors Without Borders, and the diplomatic friction shaping the public-health response. You'll hear what the CDC outbreak alert actually says — not what social media is amplifying. We distinguish confirmed EVD cases from probable and suspected, and we flag when a rumor is a rumor. No panic, no stigma, no community smearing. Just accurate, on-time Ebola outbreak news, DRC health emergency updates, and Uganda border surveillance reporting you can act on.