Ebola 2026: Another Eight Deaths Overnight, And WHO Now Includes Neighboring Uganda, In The Outbreak Alert...

This is very troubling news, out of WHO -- but it is what logically flows from gutting international public health aid, in these countries. We must all be certain that Elon Musk and Donald Trump are not able to shirk responsibility for these excess deaths. [And RFK, Jr., herre stateside, as well -- with his nonsense about vaccines being dangerous.]

In any event, here is the story now including Uganda in the outbreak:

. . .The World Health Organization declared the Ebola disease outbreak caused by a rare virus in Congo and neighboring Uganda a public health emergency of international concern on Sunday, after more than 300 suspected cases and 88 deaths.

WHO said that the outbreak doesn’t meet the criteria of a pandemic emergency like COVID-19, and advised against the closure of international borders. . . .

WHO said on X that a laboratory-confirmed case has also been reported in Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, which is about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) from the outbreak’s epicenter in the eastern province of Ituri, suggesting a possible wider spread. It said the patient had visited Ituri and that other suspected cases have also been reported in North Kivu province, which is one of Congo’s most populous and borders Uganda. . . .

There is no approved vaccine for this apparent variant of Ebola. This is not the Sudan version -- it is called "Bundibugyo". That in turn is is very tough news -- in two countries short on the sorts of resources needed, for full arrest of the viral spread.

Onward, resolutely just the same.

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