Congo declares its latest Ebola outbreak over, after 43 deaths
[December 02, 2025]
By JEAN-YVES KAMALE
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo on Monday announced the end of an Ebola
outbreak that killed 43 people in one of the country's southern
provinces, with authorities saying no new confirmed cases had been
reported in the past 45 days.
Health Minister Roger Kamba said the 43 deaths were among 53 confirmed
cases in the outbreak, which was first announced in September in the
Kasai province town of Bulape. He said more than 27,000 people were
vaccinated, including 4,000 front-line workers he credited with helping
to stem the outbreak.
“Indeed, no new confirmed cases have been recorded for 45 consecutive
days," Kamba said in the capital, Kinshasa.
The outbreak in Bulape, which spread to at least four neighboring towns,
was the country's 16th since the disease first emerged in the Congo in
1976, and the 7th in Kasai province. The World Health Organization
initially faced significant challenges in delivering the vaccine with
limited access and scarce funds.
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 An Ebola outbreak from 2018 to 2020
in eastern Congo killed more than 1,000 people.
The latest outbreak added a fresh layer of worry for the Central
African country, which has been battling the M23 rebel group, which
launched a rapid assault in January in the eastern region of the
country and has since occupied key cities.
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