On 17 May 2026, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Ebola virus disease outbreak caused by Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
Source: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
- Strengthening public health emergency operations centres in Europe through exchange of good practices
- Record-high West Nile virus infections reported amid spread to new parts of Europe
- Ebola disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- ECDC closely monitoring situation following case of pneumonia of unknown origin in Russia
- Chikungunya virus disease worldwide overview
- EU-led assessment to Albania will strengthen cross-sector response to antimicrobial resistance
- Risk to general population remains very low following fourth imported Ebola case in Europe
- New hepatitis surveillance report shows strengthened public health cooperation with EU candidate countries
- MERS-CoV worldwide overview
- Cholera worldwide overview
