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Ebola and Marburg haemorrhagic fevers: outbreaks and case locations

Information about incidents and outbreaks of Ebola and Marburg, both viral haemorrhagic fevers (VHF).

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Published
23 March 2014
Last updated
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Current incidents and outbreaks

Uganda

There is currently an active outbreak of Sudan virus disease (SVD) in Uganda. , Uganda바카라 사이트檚 Ministry of Health (MoH) reported a fatal case in the capital, Kampala, who had frequented multiple healthcare facilities. The MoH has activated its incident management and rapid response teams to initiate public health response activities, including contact tracing and follow-up.

This is the sixth outbreak of SVD to be reported in Uganda. The country last reported an outbreak of SVD in 2022.

Previous incidents and outbreaks: 2016 to 2025

2025

Tanzania

On the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that an outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) was occurring in Tanzania. Overall, 2 confirmed and 8 probable cases (all fatal) were reported, from Biharamulo district, Kagera region, Tanzania. The outbreak was declared over on .

2024

Rwanda

On , health authorities in Rwanda declared an outbreak of MVD. This was the first MVD outbreak to be reported in Rwanda and resulted in 66 confirmed cases including 15 deaths. Most cases were reported among healthcare workers in the capital, Kigali. The outbreak was declared over on .

2023

Kagera region, Tanzania

An outbreak of MVD was announced by Tanzania바카라 사이트檚 health authorities on , in the north-western region of Kagera. This was the first ever outbreak of MVD to be reported in the country.

The outbreak had a total of 9 cases (8 confirmed and 1 probable), including 6 deaths, and was declared over on .

Equatorial Guinea

On , an outbreak of MVD was declared by Equatorial Guinean health authorities, after a case of MVD was confirmed in Ki茅 Ntem Province, in the north-east of the country. This was the first ever outbreak of MVD to be reported in Equatorial Guinea. Four provinces (Centro Sur, Kie Ntem, Litoral and Wele-Nzas) were affected.

The outbreak, which had a total of 17 confirmed (including 12 deaths), and 23 probable cases (all fatal), was declared over on .

2022

Uganda

An outbreak of聽SVD聽was declared by Uganda바카라 사이트檚 health authorities on聽, after a case was confirmed in the Mubende District, Central Region.

This was the fifth聽outbreak of SVD to be reported in Uganda. The country last reported an outbreak of SVD in 2012.

The outbreak was declared over on . In total, there were 164 cases (142 confirmed and 22 probable) and 77 deaths (55 confirmed and 22 probable). Cases were reported from : Mubende, Kassanda, Kampala, Masaka and Wakiso in Central Region; Kyegegwa, Kagadi and Bunyangabu in Western Region; and Jinja in Eastern Region.

On , the Ministry of Health of the DRC announced that a new laboratory-confirmed case of Ebola virus diseas (EVD) had been detected in the province of North Kivu. indicated that this case likely represented a new flare-up of the 2018 to 2020 North Kivu/Ituri EVD outbreak, initiated by transmission of Ebola virus from a persistently infected survivor, or a survivor who experienced a relapse.

This was the fourth EVD outbreak to be reported in the province since 2018.

The outbreak had a total of 1 confirmed case, which was fatal, and was declared over on .

On , Ghanaian health authorities announced the preliminary findings of 2 cases of MVD in the southern Ashanti region. An outbreak of MVD was subsequently declared on 17 July, following confirmatory testing of samples from one of the deceased cases, as performed by the Institut Pasteur in Dakar, Senegal.

The outbreak, which resulted in a total of 3 confirmed cases (a family cluster), including 2 deaths, was declared over on .

The DRC바카라 사이트檚 Ministry of Health announced a new laboratory confirmed case of EVD in Mbandaka City, 脡quateur Province on 23 April 2022. This was the third outbreak in the province since 2018.

revealed that, whilst the new genome was closely related to those sequenced during the 脡quateur 2020 outbreak, it fell outside the 2020 outbreak clade, indicating that this case represents a new spill over event from a host reservoir and is not directly linked to the 脡quateur 2018 or 脡quateur 2020 EVD outbreaks.

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2021

On 8 October 2021, the DRC바카라 사이트檚 Ministry of Health announced that a new laboratory confirmed case of EVD had been detected in Butsili Health Area, B茅ni Health Zone in North Kivu Province. Earlier this year, an EVD outbreak in North Kivu Province was declared over on 3 May 2021.

The outbreak was declared over on . During the outbreak, 8 confirmed (6 deaths) and 3 probable (3 deaths) cases were reported across 3 health areas (Butsili, Bundji and Kanzulinzuli) in the B茅ni Health Zone. More than 1,800 people were vaccinated in a campaign that launched just 5 days after the first case was detected.

On , an outbreak of MVD was declared in the Gu茅ck茅dou Prefecture, South West Guinea, following laboratory confirmation of a single case. The outbreak occurred in the same N바카라 사이트檢茅r茅kor茅 health region where 2 EVD outbreaks occurred in 2014 and 2021 (February to June 2021).

This was the first known case of MVD in Guinea and in West Africa. Only one case 바카라 사이트� the index patient who was diagnosed with the virus posthumously 바카라 사이트� was recorded during the outbreak, which was declared over on .

revealed that the 2021 Guinean MVD was related to strains from the 2004 to 2005 MVD outbreak in Angola and to Marburg virus sequences obtained from bats in Sierra Leone during 2017 to 2018.

On , C么te d바카라 사이트橧voire바카라 사이트檚 Ministry of Health informed WHO of a suspected EVD case who was hospitalised in the commercial capital, Abidjan, after arriving from Guinea.

Following the announcement, and in line with WHO바카라 사이트檚 바카라 사이트榥o regrets바카라 사이트� policy, health authorities with support from WHO launched a public health response during which over 140 case contacts were followed up across the two countries. No contacts developed symptoms for the disease or tested positive for Ebola virus.

Re-confirmatory testing performed by the French National Reference Centre for Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers found no evidence of EVD in the original samples from the suspected case, and so the response was stood down on .

On , an outbreak of EVD was declared in Gou茅ck茅, in the prefecture of N바카라 사이트檢茅r茅kor茅, South East Guinea. Between 14 February and 19 June 2021, a total of 23 cases (16 confirmed and 7 probable) were identified in 4 sub-prefectures of N바카라 사이트檢茅r茅kor茅 Prefecture. Of these confirmed and probable cases, 11 survived and 12 died. Five of the cases were health workers and one was a traditional health practitioner. A total of 10,873 people were vaccinated during the outbreak, including 885 case contacts and 2,779 front line workers.

This was Guinea바카라 사이트檚 second EVD outbreak, the first being the 2014 to 2016 West African EVD outbreak.

On 7 February 2021, DRC바카라 사이트檚 12th EVD outbreak was declared in Butembo, a city in North Kivu Province in North East DRC. During the outbreak, there were 12 cases reported (11 confirmed), including 6 fatalities and 6 recoveries. The outbreak was declared over on , just 3 months after the first case was reported, which was attributed to the prompt response of DRC바카라 사이트檚 health authorities and healthcare workers drawing upon their previous experiences in tackling outbreaks within the country.

2020

Between 1 June and 18 November 2020, 130 EVD cases (119 confirmed and 11 probable), including 55 deaths, were reported from 13 of the 18 health zones in the province. This was DRC바카라 사이트檚 11th EVD outbreak.

2018 to 2020

Between 1 August 2018 and 25 June 2020, 3,470 cases, 2,287 deaths and 1,171 survivors of EVD were reported across 3 provinces in DRC: Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu. This outbreak, DRC바카라 사이트檚 10th, is the longest lasting EVD incident in the country바카라 사이트檚 history, and the second-largest in the world after the 2014 to 2016 EVD outbreak in West Africa. The response to this outbreak was particularly challenging as it took place in an active conflict zone.

2019

United Republic of Tanzania

On 10 September 2019, WHO was made aware of unofficial reports of an unexplained death of a person in Dar es Salaam. It appears probable this was an Ebola-related death.

2018

Between 8 May and 24 July, 2018 DRC reported their ninth EVD outbreak which resulted in 54 cases (38 confirmed and 16 probable), including 33 deaths.

2017

Eastern Uganda

An was confirmed on 17 October 2017. The 3 cases all died and .

Bas-Uele Province, DRC

Between May and July 2017 an EVD outbreak consisting of 8 cases (5 confirmed), including 4 fatalities was recorded. This was DRC바카라 사이트檚 eighth EVD outbreak.

West Africa Ebola outbreak, 2014 to 2016

in March 2014. This was the first time an outbreak had been diagnosed in this part of Africa, and the .

The outbreak spread to neighbouring and nearby countries, particularly Liberia and Sierra Leone, and became the largest ever known outbreak of this disease. It continued for more than 2 years and a total of 28,616 confirmed, probable and suspected cases were reported in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, with 11,310 deaths.

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Linked Ebola outbreaks and cases in other countries (2014 to 2015)

Two importations leading to a total of 8 cases.

Twenty cases in Lagos and Port Harcourt, following an initial importation from Liberia.

A single case imported from Guinea.

One case in a returning healthcare worker.

One case in a healthcare worker involved in the care of patients repatriated from West Africa.

One case was imported into Scotland in December 2014. The patient was a healthcare worker who had been working in an Ebola treatment centre in Sierra Leone.

A single EVD case was imported from Liberia into Texas in September 2014. Transmission to 2 healthcare workers subsequently occurred. A further case of EVD was confirmed in a humanitarian aid worker who returned from Guinea in October 2014.

You can find more information on EVD outbreaks prior to 2014.

Updates to this page

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  1. Updated with new information about Sudan ebolavirus disease.

  2. Updated regarding ebola outbreak.

  3. Updated to take account of the Marburg virus disease outbreak in Tanzania.

  4. Updated information relating to MVD outbreak in Rwanda.

  5. Updated with information about Marburg virus disease outbreak in Rwanda.

  6. Updated to reflect the end of 2 MVD outbreaks.

  7. Update to reflect Marburg virus disease outbreak in Tanzania.

  8. Update to reflect Marburg virus disease outbreak in Equatorial Guinea.

  9. Updated to reflect end of Sudan ebolavirus outbreak in Uganda.

  10. Updated information on current EVD outbreak in Uganda.

  11. Updated information on current EVD outbreak in Uganda.

  12. Updated information on current EVD outbreak in Uganda.

  13. Updated information relating to EVD outbreak in Uganda.

  14. Updated to reflect current Ebola-affected areas in Uganda and end of recent Ebola outbreak in DRC.

  15. Updated information on current Ebola virus disease outbreaks.

  16. Updated information on current Ebola virus disease outbreak.

  17. Updated to reflect new Marburg outbreak.

  18. Updated to reflect a new outbreak of EVD in 脡quateur Province, western DRC.

  19. Updated to reflect end of outbreak of EVD in North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

  20. Updated to reflect new outbreak of EVD in North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

  21. Updated to reflect declaration of the end of the Marburg virus disease outbreak in Guinea.

  22. Updated to reflect outbreak of EVD in C么te d바카라 사이트橧voire.

  23. Updated to reflect outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) in Guinea.

  24. Updated text to reflect current figures and declared end of outbreak in N바카라 사이트檢茅r茅kor茅, South East Guinea.

  25. Updated text to reflect current figures and declared end of outbreak in North Kivu, DRC.

  26. Updated text to reflect current figures.

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  28. Updated case numbers for the Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Guinea.

  29. Updated information to reflect 2 new incidents and removed outdated content.

  30. Updated 'Current incidents and outbreaks' with the announcement of the Ebola outbreak being over in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

  31. Updated epidemiological data on latest Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo.

  32. Updated epidemiological data on latest Ebola outbreak in DRC.

  33. Updated case numbers for the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo Equateur province.

  34. Updated case numbers for the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo Equateur province.

  35. Updated Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Equateur case numbers. Added declaration that the North Kivu outbreak is over.

  36. Updated due to a new Ebola outbreak in 脡quateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

  37. Update on EVD case numbers in DRC.

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  39. Updated case numbers for the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

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  41. Updated case numbers for the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and updated information on the probable Ebola case in Tanzania.

  42. Updated case numbers for the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and added information on a probable Ebola case in Tanzania.

  43. Updated case numbers for the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

  44. Updated case numbers for the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

  45. Updated as Ebola outbreak declared a Public Health Emergency of Interntational Concern (PHEIC)

  46. Updated case numbers for Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda.

  47. Added news of a confirmed Ebola case in Uganda, and updated case numbers for the Democratic Republic of Congo.

  48. Updated case numbers for Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

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  54. Updated case numbers for Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

  55. Updated case numbers for Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

  56. Updated case numbers for Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

  57. Updated case numbers for Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

  58. Updated page with case numbers for Ebola outbreak in North-Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

  59. Updated case numbers for the Ebola outbreak in DRC.

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  63. Updated with new Ebola outbreak information.

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  66. Updated case numbers for Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

  67. Update on Ebola virus outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo.

  68. Update on Ebola virus outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo.

  69. Added details of new Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

  70. Updated because the Marburg outbreak has been declared over.

  71. Updated with Marburg virus outbreak in Uganda.

  72. Updated 'current incidents and outbreaks' section as Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo declared over.

  73. Updated with newly confirmed outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo.

  74. Updated to reflect the current situation, and content reorganised.

  75. Update with new situations in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

  76. Updated, and summarised text describing the West Africa outbreaks.

  77. Updated with information on Liberia.

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  81. Updated with current information on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

  82. Updated with current information on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, including the new cases in Liberia.

  83. This page was updated with current information on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

  84. Updated information on recent incidents and outbreaks.

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  87. Updated with cases reported in the past week.

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  91. Updated map link and links to additional disease guides.

  92. Updated with current figures and situation

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