Ituri Province
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Sep 11, 2026
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The latest area affected is Sudobanji in the country's northwest, which borders the Central African Republic and the Republic of Congo.
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The outbreak in the DRC began in Ituri province in May and has spread to several other parts of the country.
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Local officials in Sudobanji said 38 people who came in contact with the patient have been identified and quarantined.
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As of Wednesday, 6,942 cases and 3,349 deaths have been reported, according to the latest government figures.
Jamila MizikHOST
According to the latest government figures released on Thursday, 6,843 cases have been reported, including 3,310 deaths.
Jamila MizikHOST
Ituri province remains the hardest hit province with more than 5,400 cases since the outbreak was declared in May.
Jamila MizikHOST
And the CEO of Ryanair on Thursday disputed that a passenger injured during a flight on one of its planes in July was partly sucked out a broken window.
Jamila MizikHOST
The passenger injured his neck and shoulder and had friction burns after the window shattered shortly after takeoff on a flight from northern Greece to Germany on July 10th.
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It is difficult, but we try to push ourselves beyond our limits, Adolf told the Associated Press.
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Yuma Adolf's team in Ituri is doing the burial work, digging graves, preparing bodies, handling coffins, nearly every day for just $20 a day.
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And they're facing family's anger while trying to stop the next infection.
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Safe burials help control transmission, but they still have to be dignified.
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The confirmed death total is vital surveillance data, but it also represents a family being asked to grieve under rules that feel profoundly unfamiliar.
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Here's ReliefWeb.
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Around 76,000 people are currently living in the Plain Savo internally displaced person site near Fataki City, Ituri Province, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Residents are unable to leave due to the threat of violence outside the camp and are forced to live in dire and undignified conditions, deprived of the most basic and essential services.
Oyewole TomoriGUEST
That's the message we need to get to our people.
Oyewole TomoriGUEST
What happened with this 17th episode in Diakongo? The lab they had in Ituri, or was it Bunia, couldn't diagnose what it was.
Oyewole TomoriGUEST
And so for months, since January, February, the disease was going on and it was pretty negative.
Oyewole TomoriGUEST
That was the problem.
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At least now, we have a number tied to a place.
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For families in Bunia and across Ituri, this is what the outbreak looks like up close.
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Three to four daily admissions shows LIDA is still finding and treating patients.
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On its own, it doesn't tell us whether transmission is shrinking.
Gina Louise PhillipsHOST
Freelance reporter Chris Ocamringa has more from Kinshasa.
Chris OcamringaCORRESPONDENT
The northeastern Ituri Province, which borders Uganda and South Sudan, has recorded the highest number of cases.
Chris OcamringaCORRESPONDENT
But mistrust and misinformation are making the outbreak hard to contain, says local leader Serge Mubert.
Chris OcamringaCORRESPONDENT
The population in Ituri has struggled to accept the reality of Ebola.
Chris OcamringaCORRESPONDENT
Some, influenced by African traditional beliefs, view the outbreak as a curse.
Chris OcamringaCORRESPONDENT
Health officials say that mistrust can have deadly consequences.
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Reaching some communities is another challenge.
Chris OcamringaCORRESPONDENT
The gold-rich province is at the center of a decades-long conflict between rebel groups who are fighting over land and resources.
Daniel GriffinGUEST
And so cases have been reported from six of the 26 DRC provinces, 57 of the 151 health zones in the affected provinces.
Daniel GriffinGUEST
There is an outbreak epicenter, which is the Ituri province, and that's 84% of the reported cases.
Daniel GriffinGUEST
Most operational indicator measures remain below established response targets, and data for others were unavailable.
Daniel GriffinGUEST
Basically, there's gaps here in surveillance, contact tracing, issues with lab testing, healthcare seeking, isolation.
Tedros Adhanom GhebreyesusSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It now affects 60 health zones in six provinces, covering a huge geographic area.
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The province of Ituri remains the epicenter, accounting for 85% of cases, and 88% of deaths.
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Most concerningly, the majority of deaths are still happening in communities rather than in treatment centers, and many of those who die are not being buried safely, which is fueling transmission.
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And many deaths are among people who are not on a list of known contacts.
Stephanie WoltersGUEST
Rwanda is not honest about what it wants to achieve.
Stephanie WoltersGUEST
Uganda is not honest about what it does there, about the interest it has in gold, about the interest it has in destabilizing a region known as Ituri.
Stephanie WoltersGUEST
They certainly have never been clear about that.
Stephanie WoltersGUEST
The Congolese government is equally to blame in many ways, not because it deserves to be attacked, but because it hasn't reformed the army.
Diego LajeHOST
CGTN's David Mbiti has details.
David MbitiCORRESPONDENT
In Ituri's capital, Bunia, many parents responded positively to the call by education authorities to send their children back to the classroom.
David MbitiCORRESPONDENT
At the entrance to one of the schools, all arrivals have to pass through this hand-washing station that the school administration has installed at the directive of provincial authorities.
David MbitiCORRESPONDENT
It is only one of the measures being enforced as learners across the DRC usher in a new school year.
David MbitiCORRESPONDENT
However, decision-makers stress that maintaining classes remains a top priority, and that can be done while still remaining vigilant.
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Permanently closing schools would jeopardize the future of an entire generation.
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However, even amid our diversity, we must continue to prepare Ituri for tomorrow.
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We must protect children without sacrificing their future.
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