{"id":8973,"date":"2026-05-22T13:53:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T13:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friscotimes.org\/?p=8973"},"modified":"2026-05-22T13:53:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T13:53:47","slug":"ebola-outbreak-congo-map-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friscotimes.org\/?p=8973","title":{"rendered":"Maps: How Ebola Has Spread in Central Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"g-bk-LZNCdbFi1uTh-g\" data-preview-slug=\"bk-LZNCdbFi1uTh-g\" data-birdkit-hydrate=\"c076d62f4ee99456\">\n<p>\t<!--[--><!--[0--><!--[--><!--[--><!--[--><!--[0--><!--[--><!----><\/p>\n<figure class=\"g-wrapper  svelte-nnmo52 g-needs-margin-block\" style=\"--g-wrapper_hed-text-wrap:balance\"><!--[-1--><!--]--> <!--[-1--><!--]--> <!----> <!--[-1--><!--]--><!----><\/figure>\n<p><!----><!--]--><!--]--><!--[0--><!--[--><!--]--><!--]--><!--[0--><!--[--><!--[--><!--[-1--><!----><\/p>\n<p class=\"g-text g-body-text svelte-kxgec5 g-text_last\"><!--[0--><!---->The region of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where Ebola broke out has made the virus difficult to contain.<!----><!--]--><!----><\/p>\n<p><!----><!--]--><!--]--><!--]--><!--]--><!--[0--><!--[--><!--[--><!--[-1--><!----><\/p>\n<p class=\"g-text g-body-text svelte-kxgec5 g-text_last\"><!--[0--><!---->With the area consumed by years of conflict that have displaced more than a million people and stripped health capacity, the rare form of the virus circulated undetected for weeks.<!----><!--]--><!----><\/p>\n<p><!----><!--]--><!--]--><!--]--><!--]--><!--[0--><!--[--><!----><\/p>\n<figure class=\"g-wrapper g-origin-map svelte-nnmo52\" style=\"--g-wrapper_hed-text-wrap:balance\" aria-label=\"graphic\"><!--[0--><\/p>\n<div class=\"g-block g-block-margin svelte-ki8lyz g-margin-inline\">\n<div class=\"g-block-width g-max-width-body svelte-ki8lyz\"><!--[--><!--[--><!--]--> <!--[--><!--[0--><\/p>\n<p><!--[0--><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"g-heading svelte-ork8ht\"><!---->Where Ebola has spread in central Africa<!----><\/h3>\n<p><!--]--> <!--[-1--><!--]--><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--]--> <!--[--><!--]--><!--]--><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--]--> <!--[-1--><!--]--> <!----> <!--[0--><\/p>\n<div class=\"g-block g-block-margin svelte-ki8lyz g-margin-inline\">\n<div class=\"g-block-width g-max-width-740px svelte-ki8lyz\" style=\"max-width: 740px;\"><!--[--><!--[--><!--]--> <!--[--><!--[0--><\/p>\n<p class=\"g-wrapper_meta g-text-align-left svelte-fkyd84\" style=\"--g-caption-display:inline;--g-caption-margin-bottom:0;\"><!--[-1--><!--]--> <!--[0--><span class=\"g-note svelte-fkyd84\"><!---->Note: Data as of May 21. Most of the case and death counts are suspected and not confirmed.<!----><\/span><!--]--> <!--[0--><span class=\"g-source svelte-fkyd84\"><!---->Source: World Health Organization; Democratic Republic of Congo Ministry of Communication and Media.<!----><\/span><!--]--> <!--[0--><span class=\"g-credit svelte-fkyd84\"><!---->The New York Times<!----><\/span><!--]--><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--]--> <!--[--><!--]--><!--]--><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--]--><!----><\/figure>\n<p><!----><!--]--><!--]--><!--[0--><!--[--><!--[--><!--[-1--><!----><\/p>\n<p class=\"g-text g-body-text svelte-kxgec5 g-text_last\"><!--[0--><!---->The number of suspected and confirmed deaths is already among the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/ebola\/outbreaks\/index.html#cdc_listing_res-cases-and-outbreaks-of-ebola-disease-by-year\">highest<\/a> for any outbreak in Congo\u2019s history, and officials expect the toll to rise.<!----><!--]--><!----><\/p>\n<p><!----><!--]--><!--]--><!--]--><!--]--><!--[0--><!--[--><!--[--><!--[-1--><!----><\/p>\n<p class=\"g-text g-body-text svelte-kxgec5 g-text_last\"><!--[0--><!---->A previous Ebola outbreak in the area became the second deadliest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/ebola\/outbreaks\/index.html#cdc_listing_res-cases-and-outbreaks-of-ebola-disease-by-year\">ever recorded<\/a>. It took two years to contain, starting in 2018.<!----><!--]--><!----><\/p>\n<p><!----><!--]--><!--]--><!--]--><!--]--><!--[0--><!--[--><!--[--><!--[-1--><!----><\/p>\n<p class=\"g-text g-body-text svelte-kxgec5 g-text_last\"><!--[0--><!---->Health officials believe the current epidemic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/emergencies\/disease-outbreak-news\/item\/2026-DON602\">began in Mongwalu<\/a> in Ituri Province. Heavy population movement is common in the region because of violence and seasonal labor in the gold mines.<!----><!--]--><!----><\/p>\n<p><!----><!--]--><!--]--><!--]--><!--]--><!--[0--><!--[--><!--]--><!--]--><!--[0--><!--[--><!--[--><!--[-1--><!----><\/p>\n<p class=\"g-text g-body-text svelte-kxgec5 g-text_last\"><!--[0--><!---->Ituri Province borders South Sudan and Uganda, raising concerns about cross-border transmission. Uganda has so far reported two cases in its capital city, including one death. The virus spreads through direct contact with body fluids and is commonly transmitted in health care settings.<!----><!--]--><!----><\/p>\n<p><!----><!--]--><!--]--><!--]--><!--]--><!--[0--><!--[--><!--[--><!--[-1--><!----><\/p>\n<p class=\"g-text g-body-text svelte-kxgec5 g-text_last\"><!--[0--><!---->Officials have said that a lack of testing capacity in Ituri Province delayed their response to the outbreak. Equipment there, more than 1,000 miles away from the capital, only tests for the most common species of Ebola and not the species causing this current outbreak, so early results came back negative. Samples sent later to <a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2026\/05\/1167542\">Kinshasa<\/a>, Congo\u2019s capital, identified the rare species, Ebola Bundibugyo.<!----><!--]--><!----><\/p>\n<p><!----><!--]--><!--]--><!--]--><!--]--><!--[0--><!--[--><!--[--><!--[-1--><!----><\/p>\n<p class=\"g-text g-body-text svelte-kxgec5 g-text_last\"><!--[0--><!---->The unusual species has only been identified in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/ebola\/outbreaks\/index.html#cdc_listing_res-cases-and-outbreaks-of-ebola-disease-by-year\">two prior Ebola outbreaks<\/a>: in Uganda in 2007 and in Congo, just west of Ituri Province, in 2012. The current outbreak has already surpassed the combined toll of these two episodes.<!----><!--]--><!----><\/p>\n<p><!----><!--]--><!--]--><!--]--><!--]--><!--[0--><!--[--><!--[--><!--[-1--><!----><\/p>\n<p class=\"g-text g-body-text svelte-kxgec5 g-text_last\"><!--[0--><!---->The majority of past Ebola outbreaks on the continent are caused by the most common species, known as Zaire. That form of Ebola caused the deadliest outbreak on record in West Africa more than a decade ago.<!----><!--]--><!----><\/p>\n<p><!----><!--]--><!--]--><!--]--><!--]--><!--[0--><!--[--><!----><\/p>\n<figure class=\"g-wrapper g-key svelte-nnmo52 g-needs-margin-block\" style=\"--g-wrapper_hed-text-wrap:balance\" aria-label=\"graphic\"><!--[0--><\/p>\n<div class=\"g-block g-block-margin svelte-ki8lyz g-margin-inline\">\n<div class=\"g-block-width g-max-width-body svelte-ki8lyz\"><!--[--><!--[--><!--]--> <!--[--><!--[0--><\/p>\n<p><!--[0--><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"g-heading svelte-ork8ht\"><!---->Historical Ebola outbreaks<!----><\/h3>\n<p><!--]--> <!--[-1--><!--]--><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--]--> <!--[--><!--]--><!--]--><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--]--> <!--[-1--><!--]--> <!----> <!--[-1--><!--]--><!----><\/figure>\n<p><!----><!--]--><!--]--><!--[0--><!--[--><!----><\/p>\n<figure class=\"g-wrapper  svelte-nnmo52 g-needs-margin-block\" style=\"--g-wrapper_hed-text-wrap:balance\" aria-label=\"graphic\"><!--[-1--><!--]--> <!--[-1--><!--]--> <!----> <!--[0--><\/p>\n<div class=\"g-block g-block-margin svelte-ki8lyz g-margin-inline\">\n<div class=\"g-block-width g-max-width-740px svelte-ki8lyz\" style=\"max-width: 740px;\"><!--[--><!--[--><!--]--> <!--[--><!--[0--><\/p>\n<p class=\"g-wrapper_meta g-text-align-left svelte-fkyd84\" style=\"--g-caption-display:inline;--g-caption-margin-bottom:0;\"><!--[-1--><!--]--> <!--[0--><span class=\"g-note svelte-fkyd84\"><!---->Note: Historic data shows confirmed and probable cases. The 2026 numbers include confirmed and suspected cases.<!----><\/span><!--]--> <!--[0--><span class=\"g-source svelte-fkyd84\"><!---->Sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (historic outbreaks); Ministry of Communication and Media of the Democratic Republic of Congo (2026 outbreak); Airbus (satellite image); Natural Earth (geographic features).<!----><\/span><!--]--> <!--[0--><span class=\"g-credit svelte-fkyd84\"><!---->The New York Times<!----><\/span><!--]--><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--]--> <!--[--><!--]--><!--]--><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--]--><!----><\/figure>\n<p><!----><!--]--><!--]--><!--[0--><!--[--><!--[--><!--[-1--><!----><\/p>\n<p class=\"g-text g-body-text svelte-kxgec5 g-text_last\"><!--[0--><!---->The Bundibugyo species of Ebola is not well understood by scientists, and there are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/emergencies\/disease-outbreak-news\/item\/2026-DON602\">no approved vaccines<\/a> or therapeutics. Local health officials are working to trace those who may have come in contact with sick people, but warn that contact tracing will be very difficult in a region with so much migration.<!----><!--]--><!----><\/p>\n<p><!----><!--]--><!--]--><!--]--><!--]--><!--[0--><!--[--><!--[--><!--[-1--><!----><\/p>\n<p class=\"g-text g-body-text svelte-kxgec5 g-text_last\"><!--[0--><!---->The response has also been hampered by the near-absence of the United States, which used to fund disease surveillance and maintained emergency teams in the region.<!----><!--]--><!----><\/p>\n<p><!----><!--]--><!--]--><!--]--><!--]--><!--[0--><!--[--><!--[--><!--[-1--><!----><\/p>\n<p class=\"g-text g-body-text svelte-kxgec5 g-text_last\"><!--[0--><!---->The World Health Organization has said that while the risk of regional spread is high, the outbreak is not currently a global threat.<!----><!--]--><!----><\/p>\n<p><!----><!--]--><!--]--><!--]--><!--]--><!--]--><!--]--><!----><!--]--><!--]--> <!--[-1--><!--]--><!--]--><\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The region of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where Ebola broke out has made the virus difficult to contain. 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