Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention

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Tracking the Bundibugyo outbreak

Fighters attacked three districts of Cantine, a village about 50 kilometres west of Beni in North Kivu, shortly before midnight on Thursday. They shot and hacked residents and burned more than 50 houses. Local officials and civil society leaders blame the Allied Democratic Forces, an armed group that pledged allegiance to Islamic State in 2019.

Updated 5 days ago

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Says the outbreak has killed 5,376 people across Congo, Kenya and Uganda, and that 95% of cases must come from known contacts for control

Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed 5,372 people among 10,414 confirmed cases, a 51.6% fatality rate, the National Institute of Public Health said in a report released October 31. Across Africa the toll is now 5,376, after Kenya and Uganda each recorded two deaths, the Africa CDC said on November 2.

Updated Nov 3

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Reported 10,172 confirmed cases in Congo by Oct. 28. Held a virtual emergency meeting with African health ministers that day.

Nigeria's first Bundibugyo Ebola patient is the wife of a diplomat who holidayed in Uganda, Africa CDC chief Jean Kaseya told the BBC. She is isolated in Abuja, and 44 contacts, most of them health workers, are being monitored.

Updated Nov 1