The East African Community (EAC) will convene an Extra-Ordinary virtual meeting of the Sectoral Council of Ministers responsible for Health on 1st\u20132nd June 2026, to deliberate on the ongoing Ebola outbreak affecting the region.<\/p>\n
The meeting will consider the proposed regional actions to curb the outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus strain.<\/p>\n
Partner states, including Kenya, have stepped up preparedness measures following the outbreak in DR Congo and Uganda.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe convening of this high-level meeting is part of a series of urgent actions the EAC Secretariat has initiated, having already intensified regional coordination and preparedness measures following the Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus strain in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda\u201d. It said.<\/p>\n
There are now more than 1,000 suspected Ebola cases in the DR Congo, and at least 246 deaths. Neighbouring Uganda has reported nine confirmed cases and one death.<\/p>\n
The medical charity M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res (MSF) has warned that the rapid spread in DRC is deeply alarming.<\/p>\n
Speaking two weeks on from the outbreak being declared, MSF deputy director Dr Alan Gonzales said never before had \u201cso many cases\u201d been recorded so soon.<\/p>\n
His comments came as the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, visited the eastern Congolese province of Ituri \u2013 the worst-hit area \u2013 to oversee virus containment efforts.<\/p>\n
\u201cNever before has an Ebola outbreak recorded so many cases so soon after its declaration,\u201d he said, stressing his teams on the ground were \u201cwitnessing a response that has not yet caught up to the rapid spread of the epidemic\u201d, said Gonzales.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe reality today is that nobody knows the true scale and severity of this outbreak. New suspected cases are being reported daily, yet hundreds of samples remain untested.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gonzalez added that containment efforts and humanitarian aid deliveries were being delayed by \u201cmajor constraints\u201d, including border and airport closures.<\/p>\n
The WHO has repeatedly warned that ongoing conflict in the DR Congo was also significantly hampering the Ebola outbreak response.<\/p>\n
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