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DR Congo
Central African nation; World Cup 2026 debutant and epicentre of Bundibugyo Ebola PHEIC.
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#12 31 Jul
Closed the shared border alongside Uganda
Pandemics and Biosecurity: Uganda and DRC shut their shared border#12 31 Jul
Mentioned in: CEPI puts a Bundibugyo vaccine in trials
Pandemics and Biosecurity#12 30 Jul
Mentioned in: Panzi logs 646 survivors in six months
Pandemics and Biosecurity#12 27 Jul
Mentioned in: Most Ebola deaths never reach a ward
Pandemics and Biosecurity#12 27 Jul
Mentioned in: Ebola beds sit empty in the epicentre
Pandemics and Biosecurity#12 27 Jul
Slow labs are eating DRC's Ebola wards
Pandemics and Biosecurity#12 27 Jul
Mentioned in: Ebola case fatality crosses 40% in DRC
Pandemics and Biosecurity#12 27 Jul
Mentioned in: Ebola reaches two more DRC provinces
Pandemics and Biosecurity#158 21 Jul
Mentioned in: Qatar files a UN claim against Iran
Iran Conflict 2026#11 20 Jul
Hosted the outbreak WHO now ranks third-largest on record
Pandemics and Biosecurity: 80% of Ebola cases now untraced#11 17 Jul
Mentioned in: PABS annex slips a fourth deadline
Pandemics and Biosecurity#11 16 Jul
Africa CDC: true cases up to 4x tally
Pandemics and Biosecurity#11 16 Jul
Mentioned in: Uganda discharges its last Ebola patient, starts 42-day clock
Pandemics and Biosecurity#11 15 Jul
Mentioned in: Nine of twelve Djugu posts shut
Pandemics and Biosecurity#10 13 Jul
Isolation slips as Ebola funding arrives
Pandemics and Biosecurity#10 13 Jul
Mentioned in: A third Ebola case leaves Africa
Pandemics and Biosecurity#10 11 Jul
Ebola's responders are dying in Ituri
Pandemics and Biosecurity#40 10 Jul
Mentioned in: Bellingham strikes late to sink Norway
2026 FIFA World Cup#10 9 Jul
Mentioned in: Unpaid Ituri health workers walk off
Pandemics and Biosecurity#35 6 Jul
Mentioned in: England oust Mexico to reach last eight
2026 FIFA World Cup#34 4 Jul
Mentioned in: Africa's ten cut to two survivors
2026 FIFA World Cup#9 3 Jul
Recorded 1,460 of the outbreak's 1,481 confirmed cases
Pandemics and Biosecurity: Ebola cases pass 1,481 as isolation lags#9 2 Jul
Hosted the trial through Ituri Province, the outbreak's epicentre
Pandemics and Biosecurity: Ebola trial doses its first patient#9 2 Jul
Expanded testing capacity from 400 to over 2,000 tests a day
Pandemics and Biosecurity: WHO lists first Bundibugyo Ebola test#32 30 Jun
Lost their first knockout tie since 1974 to England
2026 FIFA World Cup: Kane double ends DR Congo's run#31 27 Jun
DR Congo reach last 32 after 52 years
2026 FIFA World Cup#8 24 Jun
Ebola reaches France past exit checks
Pandemics and Biosecurity#8 24 Jun
DRC Ebola tops 1,000 confirmed cases
Pandemics and Biosecurity#28 23 Jun
Lost 1-0 to Colombia, kept alive only by final match opportunity
2026 FIFA World Cup: Colombia beat DR Congo to top Group K#8 21 Jun
US renews 30-day Ebola entry ban
Pandemics and Biosecurity#22 17 Jun
Drew 1-1 with Portugal, scoring their first World Cup goal 52 years after their 1974 debut
2026 FIFA World Cup: DR Congo score first goal in 52 years#22 17 Jun
Mentioned in: Ronaldo at 41 is oldest WC starter
2026 FIFA World Cup#22 17 Jun
Mentioned in: Uzbekistan score on debut, lose 3-1
2026 FIFA World Cup#22 17 Jun
Mentioned in: Austria win first in 36 years; Jordan score
2026 FIFA World Cup#7 15 Jun
US Ebola entry ban nears expiry
Pandemics and Biosecurity#7 13 Jun
Held 782 confirmed cases with 45.9% isolation rate against the model's 70% threshold
Pandemics and Biosecurity: Isolation rate sits below the line#7 12 Jun
Reported 676 confirmed Bundibugyo cases across 29 health zones in three provinces
Pandemics and Biosecurity: WHO counts 695 cases as Ebola climbs#6 8 Jun
Recorded 515 confirmed cases and rising count as of 8 June
Pandemics and Biosecurity: WHO cuts the count, cases keep climbing#6 5 Jun
Disputed ban as discriminatory and opened negotiations for early lifting
Pandemics and Biosecurity: US widens Ebola ban to green-card holders#6 5 Jun
Ebola model puts the fork at 20% isolation
Pandemics and Biosecurity#5 1 Jun
Only Ebola treatment still cannot dose
Pandemics and Biosecurity#6 1 Jun
Mentioned in: $112m for vaccines, none for the wards
Pandemics and Biosecurity#5 29 May
Burned clinic rebuilt as access fails
Pandemics and Biosecurity#5 29 May
Mentioned in: Uganda Ebola cases jump from 2 to 9
Pandemics and Biosecurity#5 29 May
Hosted 1,040-case outbreak centred on Ituri Province
Pandemics and Biosecurity: Ebola passes 1,000 cases in DRC#5 29 May
Mentioned in: Why the 14% death rate is too low
Pandemics and Biosecurity#4 21 May
Hosted 96% of all Bundibugyo cases across three Ituri health zones
Pandemics and Biosecurity: Bundibugyo Ebola: 831 cases, 186 dead#4 21 May
Ebola crosses into M23-held South Kivu
Pandemics and Biosecurity#4 20 May
Ebola drug trial awaits DRC, Uganda nod
Pandemics and Biosecurity#4 18 May
US bans entry from DRC, Uganda, S Sudan
Pandemics and Biosecurity#3 17 May
Mentioned in: USAID outbreak unit gone by PHEIC
Pandemics and Biosecurity#3 17 May
Mentioned in: Houston ready for Bundibugyo, no CDC
Pandemics and Biosecurity#3 17 May
WHO declares Ebola PHEIC, no committee
Pandemics and Biosecurity#3 17 May
Ituri outbreak ran undetected for weeks
Pandemics and Biosecurity#3 16 May
Africa CDC moved first, Kinshasa silent
Pandemics and Biosecurity#3 14 May
Kinshasa lab confirms species on 14 May
Pandemics and Biosecurity#3 14 May
Mentioned in: Science links USAID cut to violence
Pandemics and Biosecurity#4 31 Mar
DR Congo Beat Jamaica AET in Guadalajara; Security Holds Again
2026 FIFA World Cup#4 31 Mar