As Ebola cases surge above 1,000, experts say outbreak could be worst ever

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Insufficient contact-tracing and the refusal of many residents to avoid contact with the bodies of loved ones killed by the Ebola virus are accelerating the epidemic.

June 24, 2026 at 8:37 a.m. EDT5 minutes ago

Health workers carry a patient infected with the Ebola virus from an ambulance at the Ebola Treatment Center in Bunia, Ituri, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 23. (Benediction Murhabazi/AFP/Getty Images)

NAIROBI — Reported Ebola cases have surged above 1,000 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and health experts are warning this could be one of the worst outbreaks, rivaling the largest on record, which killed 11,365 people in West Africa from 2014 to 2016.