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Ebola virus disease outbreak in the DRC
On 4 September 2025, the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in the country’s Kasai Province where a cluster of cases and deaths had been reported. Samples tested on 3 September at the country’s National Institute of Biomedical Research in the capital Kinshasa confirmed the cause of the illness and fatalities as Ebola Zaire caused by Ebola virus disease.
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A table is provided at the end of the bulletin with information on all new and ongoing public health events currently being monitored in the region, as well as recent events that have largely been controlled and thus closed.
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