UN agencies warned on August 24, 2026, that a Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has reached 100 days and is spreading at a scale they described as unprecedented, according to United Nations News.
The outbreak is concentrated in the eastern DRC. UN agencies said containment efforts must be expanded, and they flagged risks of the virus crossing into neighboring countries.
The Bundibugyo strain is a distinct type of Ebola. UN News reported that the combination of its duration and scale has prompted calls for a broader response than what has been deployed so far.