{"id":296729,"date":"2026-05-19T10:28:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T08:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/africa-cdc-declares-continental-emergency-as-ebola-spreads-across-borders\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T11:05:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T09:05:56","slug":"africa-cdc-declares-continental-emergency-as-ebola-spreads-across-borders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/africa-cdc-declares-continental-emergency-as-ebola-spreads-across-borders\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa CDC declares continental emergency as Ebola spreads across borders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/africa.tghn.org\/africacdc\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/africa.tghn.org\/africacdc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a> has declared a continental public health emergency following an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/ebola-disease\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/ebola-disease\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ebola outbreak<\/a> that has claimed 132 lives across two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Democratic Republic of Congo has recorded 131 deaths from 513 suspected cases of the deadly virus, whilst neighbouring Uganda has confirmed one fatality. The declaration, announced late on Monday, enables the Africa CDC to deploy emergency response teams and enhance surveillance operations across the affected region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jean Kaseya, head of the Africa CDC, warned that the outbreak is occurring in one of the continent&#8217;s most challenging operational environments, characterised by ongoing insecurity, population mobility, fragile health systems and limited medical resources for treating the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ethiopia-based organisation expressed serious concern about the potential for regional spread, citing intense cross-border population movements, mobility related to mining activities, insecurity in affected areas and weak infection prevention measures. 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