{"id":279,"date":"2026-05-25T20:09:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T20:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=279"},"modified":"2026-05-25T20:09:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T20:09:33","slug":"should-you-worry-about-the-ebola-outbreak-heres-what-the-numbers-tell-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=279","title":{"rendered":"Should you worry about the Ebola outbreak? Here\u2019s what the numbers tell us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div> <div>\n<button>\n<strong>\n<span><svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span>Summary<\/span>\n<\/strong>\n<span><svg><\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span><svg><\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<\/button>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda is spreading fast and presents a high national and regional risk &#8211; but a low risk globally, officials say.<\/li>\n<li>The outbreak involves the Bundibugyo strain, which has no specific treatment or vaccine, making containment difficult.<\/li>\n<li>At least 148 deaths are thought to be linked to the outbreak, with nearly 600 suspected cases, though significant uncertainty remains about the true scale.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<span>AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda is spreading fast and presents a high risk at a national and regional level, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=267\">Trump\u2019s second term is increasingly about one thing: Trump<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            Tests show that a strain called Bundibugyo \u2014 which has no specific treatment or vaccine \u2013 is behind the outbreak.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The World Health Organization has officially declared the outbreak a \u201cpublic health emergency of international concern,\u201d but global risks remain low.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            At least one American who was working in the DRC has tested positive for the virus, the international charity Serge reported. German authorities said Wednesday the affected American had been transferred to Germany for care. The US is also working to move six close high-risk contacts out of the region for monitoring and care.\n    <\/p>\n<h2>\n        Should you be worried about the spread of Ebola?\n<\/h2>\n<p>\n            WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has laid out some especially worrying factors: that the outbreak was slow to be identified, that health care workers are among those who died, that there\u2019s significant population movement within the outbreak area and that this is a rare strain that has no specific treatment or vaccine.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Many countries have taken steps to halt the spread of the disease, including limiting travel from the affected region, implementing travel screenings and sending resources to help control the disease.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Ebola spreads through <strong>direct contact<\/strong> with fluids from an infected person, such as blood or vomit<strong>. <\/strong>It can also spread via objects or surfaces contaminated with an infected person\u2019s fluids or through fecal matter.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The incubation period, the time between exposure and the onset of symptoms, ranges from <strong>two to 21 days. <\/strong>But people are not usually infectious until they show symptoms of the disease.\n    <\/p>\n<h2>\n<strong>How many people have died or gotten sick in the DRC?<\/strong>\n<\/h2>\n<p>\n            It\u2019s difficult to know exactly how many people are sick with Ebola.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The DRC said Wednesday that <strong>at least 148 deaths<\/strong> are thought to be linked to the outbreak.Only <strong>51 cases <\/strong>have been officially confirmed, but <strong>575 cases<\/strong> are suspected. Health officials are also tracking<strong> more than 800 contacts<\/strong> in the DRC.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cWe have significant uncertainty about the number of infections and how far the virus has spread,\u201d said Dr. Anne Ancia, WHO\u2019s representative in the DRC.\n    <\/p>\n<h2>\n        How many Americans have been hit by the Ebola outbreak?\n<\/h2>\n<p>\n<strong>One American<\/strong> has tested positive for Ebola and has symptoms, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Six high-risk contacts<\/strong> of that American are en route to Europe for observation, the CDC said Tuesday. <strong>Five <\/strong>will be sent to Germany, and <strong>another <\/strong>will be cared for in the Czech Republic, according to the CDC.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The American citizen who tested positive arrived in Berlin on Wednesday morning, and he is being treated at the Charit\u00e9 University Hospital, according to German authorities. German Federal Health Minister Nina Warken told CNN that the patient is in stable condition.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A convoy with an ambulance believed to be carrying an American health worker, who has been brought to Germany for treatment after contracting Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, arrives at the Charite University Hospital in Berlin, Germany, May 20.\" class=\"wp-image-274\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1f47b231aedb4bec2e3e0e8493da38c4.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1f47b231aedb4bec2e3e0e8493da38c4.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1f47b231aedb4bec2e3e0e8493da38c4-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>A convoy with an ambulance believed to be carrying an American health worker, who has been brought to Germany for treatment after contracting Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, arrives at the Charite University Hospital in Berlin, Germany, May 20.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Axel Schmidt\/Reuters<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            The patient, Dr. Peter Stafford, is a general surgeon who specializes in burn care who was helping patients in the city of Bunia, according to Serge.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Serge says <strong>two other doctors<\/strong> \u2013 Stafford\u2019s wife, Dr. Rebekah Stafford, and Dr. Patrick LaRochelle \u2013 may have been exposed to the virus but remain asymptomatic and continue to follow established quarantine and monitoring protocols.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<header>\n<span>\n      Related article\n    <\/span>\n<\/header>\n<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A border health officer at the Busunga crossing between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo checks a traveler's temperature in Bundibugyo, on Monday.\" class=\"wp-image-275\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0414fd792cf54fdb66dff97be4a489a8.jpg\" width=\"256\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>A border health officer at the Busunga crossing between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo checks a traveler&#8217;s temperature in Bundibugyo, on Monday.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Badru Katumba\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n<span>Potential spread of Ebola \u2018warrants serious concern,\u2019 WHO chief says<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div>7  min read<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<h2>\n<strong>Has the outbreak spread to other countries?<\/strong>\n<\/h2>\n<p>\n            In Uganda, there are <strong>two confirmed cases<\/strong> as of Tuesday, according to the country\u2019s health ministry. The first was a patient from the DRC who was treated at a Ugandan health facility but later died. The secondcase is also considered imported from the DRC.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Ugandan health authorities say they have activated outbreak control measures, including disease surveillance, screening and response readiness.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cWHO assessed the risk of the epidemic as high at the national and regional levels and low at the global level,\u201d Tedros said Wednesday.\n    <\/p>\n<h2>\n<strong>When did this outbreak start?<\/strong>\n<\/h2>\n<p>\n            On <strong>May 5,<\/strong> WHO received an alertregarding an unknown illness with high mortality in Mongbwalu, in the DRC\u2019s Ituri province, including fourhealth workers who died within four days of each other. \n<\/p>\n<p>\n            WHO officials said Wednesday that the outbreak probably began \u201ca couple months ago,\u201d and they are investigating precisely when and where.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            As soon as they were made aware of the threat, the local government and WHO sent an investigation team to the area on <strong>May 12<\/strong>, and they collected a sample for testing, the officials said.\n    <\/p>\n<h2>\n<strong>Is there a patient zero?<\/strong>\n<\/h2>\n<p>\nWHO says there was a<strong> \u201ccritical four-week detection gap\u201d<\/strong> between when the first known patient became ill in April and when the disease was identified, allowing Ebola to spread unchecked.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            WHO\u2019s Ancia said she doesn\u2019t believe the investigation has turned up a \u201c<strong>patient zero\u201d<\/strong> for now. But she said that for a region where Ebola outbreaks are familiar \u2013 the last just ended in December \u2013 the diagnosis of Bundibugyo was slow to be confirmed, in part, due to the way in which the initial patients showed symptoms and the tests that were available.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A young girl washes her hands at the checkpoint outside Kyeshero Hospital in Goma, DRC.\" class=\"wp-image-276\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7ab61e347d6192c6e91a5656cda1c906.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7ab61e347d6192c6e91a5656cda1c906.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7ab61e347d6192c6e91a5656cda1c906-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>A young girl washes her hands at the checkpoint outside Kyeshero Hospital in Goma, DRC.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Jospin Mwisha\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>\n<strong>What happened with the first confirmed case?<\/strong>\n<\/h2>\n<p>\n            The <strong>first confirmed patient<\/strong> to have Ebola Bundibugyo in this outbreak, one of four healthcare workers from Mongbwalu, went to the hospital in Bunia <strong>on April 24 <\/strong>with vague symptoms that could have been any number of diseases.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The worker initially had a fever, vomiting and intense malaise<strong>. <\/strong>They didn\u2019t have problems with hemorrhaging \u2013 a classic sign of Ebola \u2013 until <strong>the fifth day of infection<\/strong>, according to Ancia. The hospital tested the patient for the most common form of the virus connected to almost all previous outbreaks in the DRC, the Zaire strain, but the tests <strong>were negative<\/strong>.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=259\">Higher vitamin D intake in pregnancy linked to some cognitive benefits in children<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            The patient died <strong>May 5.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            Unaware that the patient had Ebola and that exposure to the body could make people sick, the DRC\u2019s health ministers told reporters Saturday that mourners thought the death was caused by a mystical illness and gathered for a funeral.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            Mourners in the region traditionally touch the dead as part of the grieving ritual. The family will also typically wash the body and dress it for burial. The body had been transferred back to Mongbwalu from the hospital and put in a coffin for burial, but more people were exposed when the family chose to go without a coffin, Ancia said. Often, coffins are in limited supply, and the person will be wrapped in a traditional cloth instead, according to local custom. \u201cThey changed the coffin. And then there was the funeral, and it\u2019s from there it started,\u201d she said.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            It wasn\u2019t until later, when the patient\u2019s samples were sent on to Kinshasa, that <strong>additional tests<\/strong> showed that they had been sick with the Bundibugyo strain.\n    <\/p>\n<h2>\n<strong>Where did the virus come from? <\/strong>\n<\/h2>\n<p>\n            The first cases of Ebola disease were identified in 1976 in two concurrent outbreaks that started in Sudan and in the DRC, then known as Zaire. Scientists believe that humans first got sick with Ebola after being exposed to infected animals like fruit bats and monkeys, often by eating  raw or minimally processed meat from wild animals.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The largest outbreak was in West Africa in <strong>2014-16. <\/strong>More than 28,600 cases were reported, but only 15,261 were confirmed; there were more than 11,000 deaths.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            There was another large outbreak in the DRC in <strong>2018-20,<\/strong> with 3,481 cases and 2,299 deaths in the DRC, according to WHO. A few cases were also reported across the border in Uganda.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            The DRC has officially had 17 outbreaks since 1976, with the most recent being last year.\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<header>\n<span>\n      Related article\n    <\/span>\n<\/header>\n<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Staff members at CBCA Virunga Hospital prepare rooms intended for possible Ebola cases following official announcements in Goma on Sunday.\" class=\"wp-image-277\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6ab131bd1c86eb0f98eed3227a88dd9d.jpg\" width=\"256\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Staff members at CBCA Virunga Hospital prepare rooms intended for possible Ebola cases following official announcements in Goma on Sunday.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Jospin Mwisha\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n<span>What we know about the latest Ebola outbreak after WHO declares global health emergency<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div>6  min read<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<h2>\n<strong>How deadly is Ebola?<\/strong>\n<\/h2>\n<p>\n            Although it\u2019s rare, scientists consider Ebola a severe and often fatal disease that affects humans and primates.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The case fatality rates vary from <strong>25% to 90%,<\/strong> according to WHO. With the first known outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain <strong>in 2007,<\/strong> the case fatality rate was 32%.\n    <\/p>\n<h2>\n<strong>What\u2019s different about the strain in this outbreak?<\/strong>\n<\/h2>\n<p>\n            People in this outbreak are testing positive for the Bundibugyo strain.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            There are <strong>six known strains<\/strong> in the genus Ebolavirus, <strong>three<\/strong> of which have caused large outbreaks. Scientists first identified the Bundibugyo strain <strong>in 2007<\/strong> in Bundibugyo district of Western Uganda, a region along the border of the DRC. Bundibugyo is known to have caused <strong>two other documented outbreaks: <\/strong>the 2007 outbreak and a second in the DRC in 2012.<strong><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            Bundibugyo is believed to <strong>replicate more slowly<\/strong> and appears to be slower to disable immune cells than other strains, research shows, and that may account for why outbreaks related to this strain have been <strong>less lethal<\/strong>. But a slower-moving virus can sometimes stay in the body longer and cause more lingering symptoms.\n    <\/p>\n<h2>\n        How many treatments or vaccines are there?\n<\/h2>\n<p>\n            Unlike with Ebola Zaire, there are <strong>no vaccines<\/strong> <strong>or specific treatments<\/strong> for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, which could make it difficult to get the outbreak under control.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n            It is likely to take months to develop a vaccine specific to the Bundibugyo virus, infectious diseases physician Dr. Vasee Moorthy said Wednesday at a WHO news conference.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ground crew load medical supplies onto a United Nations Humanitarian Air Service operated charter plane bound for Bunia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi on May 20.\" class=\"wp-image-278\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/8aa21559c2edc68ca764a721b29652cf.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/8aa21559c2edc68ca764a721b29652cf.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/8aa21559c2edc68ca764a721b29652cf-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Ground crew load medical supplies onto a United Nations Humanitarian Air Service operated charter plane bound for Bunia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi on May 20.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Tony Karumba\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Supportive care can be beneficial, WHO says. This may include treating dehydration, maintaining oxygen levels and blood pressure, controlling pain and providing nutrition.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The US Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday that it plans to ship an experimental antibody treatment to Germany for use with the Americans who were exposed to the Ebola virus. HHS didn\u2019t say what that particular antibody was, but there is one called MBP134 made by Mapp Biopharmacutical that has shown promise against the Bundibugyo strain in animal testing.\n    <\/p>\n<h2>\n<strong>Are there restrictions on people traveling from the affected area?<\/strong>\n<\/h2>\n<p>\n            On Monday, the US created entry restrictions for any non-citizen who has been in the region &#8211; Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo and South Sudan &#8211; in the past 21 days.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The US also elevated DRC to<strong> Level 3 <\/strong>status, recommending against all nonessential travel to the area where the outbreak is. The travel advisory for the DRC lists Ituri province as<strong> Level 4<\/strong> (Do Not Travel) area of increased risk and tells Americans not to travel to the area for any reason.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cRight now, there are no cases of Ebola in America. We want to keep it that way, and we are doing everything we can to support Americans in the region,\u201d Heidi Overton, deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, said Monday at a White House event.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The CDC said Wednesday that it is working \u201chand in glove\u201d with state and local public health departments to develop and put plans in action for airport screening, but it did not say which specific airports.\n    <\/p>\n<h2>\n<strong>How is the US helping with the outbreak?<\/strong>\n<\/h2>\n<p>\n            Years of war and aid cuts, in addition to hostilities in the area, have slashed access to key disease surveillance systems. The CDC said Tuesday that the outbreak is an \u201cevolving situation\u201d but it has provided extensive clinical guidance, training and strict infection control help in the region.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The CDC has worked in the area for decades with <strong>100 staff in Uganda<\/strong> and nearly <strong>30 staff members in the DRC. <\/strong>People on the ground include epidemiologists, laboratorians and communication experts, in addition to technical staff who have good relationships with ministries and international partners there, the CDC said Wednesday. The agency said it has also brought hundreds of people into the emergency response that it launched two days ago.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The CDC says the overall risk to the US remains low.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>CNN\u2019s Billy Stockwell, Lauren Kent, Claudia Otto, Larry Madowo and Meg Tirrell contributed to this report. <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=249\">What happened to the Trump administration\u2019s in-your-face mass deportations?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda is spreading fast and presents a high risk at a national and regional level, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Should you worry about the Ebola outbreak? 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