刚果民主共和国东部正经历快速蔓延的埃博拉疫情[1]。疫情已扩散至6个省份[1]，现已报告超过4300例确诊病例和2000人死亡[1]。这场由罕见的Bundibugyo病毒株驱动的疫情目前尚无批准的疫苗或治疗方法[1]。
世卫组织总干事发出警告，该疫情规模可能超过2014年至2016年西非埃博拉疫情[1]，后者导致约11000人死亡[1]。世卫组织预计疫情将在6个月后达到顶峰[1]，在最坏情景下需要数千张病床[1]。首都基纳沙瓦拥有1900万人口，目前尚无确诊病例[1]，但当地的Cinquantenaire医院已为应对做准备，现已配备20张隔离床位，可扩展至200至250张[1]。
疫情防控面临挑战，目前接触者追踪率仅约80%，需要达到95%才能有效遏制传播[1]。刚果国家生物医学研究所主任Jean-Jacques Muyembe表示"我们已准备好"[1]。
The Democratic Republic of Congo is experiencing a rapid escalation of Ebola cases driven by the rare Bundibugyo virus strain, which currently lacks approved vaccines or treatments [1]. The outbreak has spread across six provinces, with authorities officially announcing the emergency in May 2026, and has now reached over 4,300 confirmed cases and 2,000 deaths [1]. The World Health Organization's director-general has cautioned that the epidemic could surpass the scale of the 2014-2016 West African Ebola outbreak, which claimed approximately 11,000 lives [1].
The humanitarian infrastructure remains severely strained as health authorities work to contain the virus. The WHO projects the outbreak will peak within six months and warns that worst-case scenarios could require thousands of hospital beds [1]. Currently, contact tracing efforts are achieving only about 80 percent effectiveness, falling short of the 95 percent rate needed to effectively control transmission [1]. Kinshasa, home to 19 million people, has not yet reported confirmed cases [1]. Jean-Jacques Muyembe, director of the Congo's National Institute of Biomedical Research, stated that "we are ready," though Cinquantenaire Hospital has prepared only 20 isolation beds with capacity to expand to 200-250 [1].