Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo reaches 100-day mark

By August 25, 2026, the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo had persisted for 100 days, reaching unprecedented epidemic scale and requiring escalated international response efforts. The milestone marked a critical juncture in the outbreak response.

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100 days of Ebola and the race to stop the spread

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A hundred days after the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak was declared, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is facing an epidemic of an unprecedented scale and efforts must grow to contain the spread in the eastern region and across borders, UN agencies warned on Monday.