Global disease outbreaks, factually summarised
This page consolidates current notifications from WHO Disease Outbreak News. Individual curated dossiers add ECDC assessments for Europe where available. No own risk judgements, only the official statements, with date, source and direct link.
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Ebola outbreak in DR Congo and Uganda
new cases per day decliningWHO has declared the Ebola outbreak (Bundibugyo virus) in DR Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). It affects several health zones in the eastern DRC province of Ituri, with confirmed cases also in Kinshasa and in Kampala, Uganda.
Risk low(for you)WHO global risk is low; for travellers without contact to cases or funerary/healthcare settings in affected provinces the risk is very low.
Other current notifications
Between 1 January and 5 October 2026, a total of eight cases of MERS-CoV, including one death, was reported from six locations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
On 2 October 2026, WHO was informed through media reports of the death of an employee of the Irkutsk APRI in Siberia, Russian Federation. The individual died on 2 October following hospitalization for severe pneumonia on 29 September. Russian authorities confirmed that all identified contacts were asymptomatic and tested negative for high-threat pathogens. WHO has offered support and will continue to monitor the situation as the cause of the fatal illness remains undetermined.
Past outbreaks
InfectRisk tracks respiratory infections, not haemorrhagic viruses
This overview aggregates official outbreak notifications worldwide, including events such as Ebola or hantavirus that fall outside the respiratory infections the app tracks. The InfectRisk app itself shows the official weekly data on influenza, COVID and RSV across 35 countries, based on national surveillance systems such as RKI, ECDC, CDC and UKHSA. If you want to know how high respiratory activity is in your country right now, the app is the direct answer.
Sources
- WHO Disease Outbreak News · international notifications under IHR (2005)
- ECDC Threats and Outbreaks · European-level assessments