DR Congo
Active outbreakShares a border
- Confirmed cases
- 8,442
- Deaths
- 4,080
Nearest reported cases ≈ 290 km away
Uganda
- –
- Confirmed cases
- –
- Deaths
Uganda is in a monitoring period
The outbreak has been declared over. Surveillance continues for 90 days to catch any new cases.
Awaiting review
A newer figure from an official source has been received. Our team checks every figure against its source before publishing it, so it will appear here shortly.
What these figures mean
- Confirmed cases
- Laboratory confirmed, cumulative
- Deaths
- Among confirmed and probable cases
- Suspected
- Awaiting test results
- Probable
- Clinically linked, not tested
- Contacts followed
- Monitored for 21 days
- Case fatality rate
- Shown once there are 10 or more cases
Outbreak timeline
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Bundibugyo virus disease – Uganda 2026
Bundibugyo virus · Declared over
Declared 15 May 2026 · Ended 27 Aug 2026
Regional watch
The situation in countries that border Uganda or are linked to it by travel.
Kenya
Imported caseShares a border
- Confirmed cases
- 1
- Deaths
- 1
Nearest reported cases ≈ 500 km away
Rwanda
No outbreakShares a border
South Sudan
No outbreakShares a border
Tanzania
No outbreakShares a border
Burundi
No outbreakMap by district
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Cases by district
No district-level figures have been published yet.
Official updates
WHO, Africa CDC and Ministry of Health- South Sudan and Uganda Sign a Landmark Agreement to Strengthen Cross-border Collaboration on Health Security
- Uganda ends Ebola outbreak following completion of 42-day countdown
- 100 Days into Ebola: The World Moved Fast, But Gaps in Preparedness Remain
- Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus, Democratic Republic of the Congo & Uganda
- Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus, Democratic Republic of the Congo & Uganda
- Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus, Democratic Republic of the Congo & Uganda
- Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus, Democratic Republic of the Congo & Uganda
- Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus, Democratic Republic of the Congo & Uganda
- Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus, Democratic Republic of the Congo & Uganda
- Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus – Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus, Democratic Republic of the Congo & Uganda
Protect yourself
Based on World Health Organization guidance. This is not medical advice.
- Symptoms
- Sudden fever, tiredness, muscle pain, headache and sore throat, followed by vomiting, diarrhoea and rash. Some patients bleed. Symptoms can start 2 to 21 days after infection.
- How it spreads
- Through direct contact with the blood or body fluids of a sick person or someone who died of Ebola, or with objects contaminated by them. It does not spread through the air, and people cannot pass it on before they have symptoms.
- Prevention
- Wash your hands often. Avoid touching the body fluids of sick people and the bodies of people who died of an unknown illness. Use safe burial teams. The licensed vaccine protects against Zaire ebolavirus only, not Bundibugyo or Sudan virus.
- If you feel unwell
- If you have a fever within 21 days of travelling to an affected area or being near a patient, keep away from other people and call your nearest health facility or the Ministry of Health before you go in. Early care saves lives.