# Ebola case detected in DRC’s seventh province

https://mins.news/en/item/54797

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-11 14:32 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/11/ebola-case-detected-in-seventh-dr-congo-province?traffic_source=rss

> A man in South-Ubangi, northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo, has tested positive for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, extending the outbreak to a seventh province. Thirty-eight contacts have been quarantined, though local transmission has not been confirmed there. The outbreak has recorded 6,942 cases and 3,349 deaths, making it the country’s largest and deadliest on record.

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