@vaccinologist.bsky.social#Ebola disease caused by #Bundibugyo #virus in DRC: 8,728 confirmed cases, 4,205 deaths (48.2% CFR) as of 6 Oct 2026. Cross-border concerns are growing. With no approved vaccine or specific treatment, early detection, timely care and regional coordination are critical lnkd.in/p/eBy2DCQR
@thepeacetoday.bsky.socialKenya has quarantined 10 people who came into contact with a man who died of Ebola in Nairobi, while health authorities work to trace 57 others linked to the country’s first confirmed case.
#Publichealth #Diseaseoutbreak #healthscreening #Bundibugyo
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@americangeo.bsky.social#Kenya: First Ever Ebola Case
Kenya has confirmed its first Ebola case after a traveler returned from the DRC, prompting quarantines and urgent contact tracing to prevent further spread.
Read more: mailchi.mp/americangeo/...
@elfolio.bsky.socialKenia confirma su primer caso importado de ébola en Nairobi. El paciente llegó desde la RDC y murió tras ser aislado, mientras las autoridades rastrean a sus contactos. #Ebola #Kenia #Nairobi #Congo #RDC #Bundibugyo #SaludPublica #Africa #OMS #Epidemia #Noticias #felizmiercoles #7deoctubre
@guerreroespejo.bsky.social#Kenya confirms its first imported #Bundibugyo virus disease case.
👉The patient, infected in DRC, died on Oct 5.
28 contacts have been identified and 23 passengers plus 4 crew members are being traced.
No secondary transmission has been confirmed.
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@nicolamlow.bsky.social🧪 #Bundibugyo #Ebola #PublicHealth #OutbreakControl
A person died of Bundibugyo Ebola virus disease on return to Kenya.
We will see how implementation of outbreak control plans, effectiveness of communication and proportionality of response play out
@rahinformatics.bsky.social#Kenya confirms first case of #Ebola #Bundibugyo virus . . . #BDBV #outbreak #DRC #Uganda . . . rhinformatics.beehiiv.com/p/kenya-conf...
@ericfarfour.bsky.social𝐄𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 - Point du 05/10/2026
🇨🇩 RDC
🔹 7 provinces touchées
🔹 8 442 cas (+375)
🔹 4 080 décès (+179)
Autres points et publications 👉 www.clin92.com
@desnips.nlEerste eboladode ooit in Kenia na vlucht met een onbehandelbare variant
@microbesinfo.bsky.social🦠💊 More than 250 people have joined a trial testing #obeldesivir as post-exposure protection against #Ebola during Congo’s deadly #Bundibugyo #virus #outbreak, which currently has no approved #vaccine or treatment.
@haobrad.bsky.social@rahinformatics.bsky.social#Mobile #labs speed up #Ebola #testing in eastern DR #Congo . . . #DRC #BDBV #Bundibugyo #outbreak . . . rhinformatics.beehiiv.com/p/mobile-lab...
@ocasapiens.bsky.social"4,018 people have died among 8,300 cases recorded since the outbreak was declared in eastern Congo on May 15."
In July some health workers hadn't been paid "for months":
@msf.caTwo companies are developing potential #Ebola treatments for the #Bundibugyo virus.
Access should be considered from the start, so these treatments reach people who need them.
We’re calling for transparency on their development: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/democratic-r...
@rahinformatics.bsky.social#MSF staff member tests positive for #Ebola disease and is medically #evacuated . . . #DRC #Congo #BDBV #Bundibugyo #outbreak . . . rhinformatics.beehiiv.com/p/msf-staff-...
@guerreroespejo.bsky.socialNot a "vaccine-resistant strain" (imprecise headline from some media outlets):
- #Bundibugyo never had a species-specific #vaccine.
- Ervebo, designed for Zaire, is now in a phase 3 trial (2,007 workers vaccinated as of Sep 6).
Source: news.un.org/en/story/2026
@ghtcoalition.orgThe first participants have been vaccinated in a trial in the DRC, where the country’s ongoing outbreak of the #Bundibugyo strain of #Ebola has now become the largest Ebola outbreak in the country’s history and the second largest in history.
@ericfarfour.bsky.social𝐄𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 - Point du 29/09/2026
🇨🇩 RDC
🔹 7 provinces touchées
🔹 8 067 cas (+395)
🔹 3 901 décès (+202)
Autres points et publications 👉 www.clin92.com
@newsmedical.bsky.socialApproved Ebola antibodies might miss the target against Bundibugyo virus in the 2026 outbreak - structural models reveal key differences 👀🦠. Why testing treatments against each virus matters: www.news-medical.net/news/2026092... #Bundibugyo #Ebola