Barring new instances, the affected person’s restoration kicks off a 42-day countdown to declaring the nation’s sixteenth outbreak over.
Printed On 19 Oct 2025
The final Ebola affected person within the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been launched from a remedy centre in Kasai province, in keeping with the United Nations well being company.
The affected person is the nineteenth to recuperate out of 64 whole instances recorded because the outbreak was declared in September, the World Well being Group (WHO) mentioned in a press release on Sunday.
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If no new instances are found within the subsequent 42 days, the outbreak shall be declared over.
Mohamed Janabi, the WHO’s director for Africa, mentioned the restoration was a “outstanding achievement”, given the outbreak started simply six weeks in the past.
“The nation’s strong response, with help from WHO and companions, was pivotal to this achievement,” he added in a social media submit.
In a video alongside the submit on X, well being staff have been seen celebrating as the ultimate affected person exited the remedy centre in Bulape.
Immediately, the final #Ebola affected person in Bulape, #DRC was discharged from the remedy centre.
The nation’s strong response, with help from WHO and companions, was pivotal to this achievement. A 42-day countdown to declare the outbreak over has now begun.
Till then, @WHO and… pic.twitter.com/YTEpGzYwPW
— Prof. Mohamed Janabi (@ProfJanabi) October 19, 2025
The outbreak, which is the DRC’s sixteenth so far, was declared on September 4 as Ebola instances appeared within the Bulape and Mweka areas of the Kasai province within the nation’s southwest.
Since then, the WHO has tallied 53 confirmed and 11 possible instances, with sufferers exhibiting typical Ebola signs reminiscent of fever, vomiting, diarrhoea and haemorrhaging. Forty-five individuals have died.
The distant Kasai province has confirmed difficult to succeed in, at the same time as it might have helped to forestall the unfold of the virus, well being officers have mentioned.
Nonetheless, the WHO deployed response groups and arrange a 32-bed remedy centre for the primary time “outdoors a simulation train” within the area, the organisation mentioned. Greater than 35,000 individuals have obtained vaccinations within the Bulape space.
No new instances have been recognized since September 25.
Ebola was first recognized in 1976 after an outbreak in what’s now the DRC. With out remedy, as much as 90 p.c of instances are deadly, in keeping with the US Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention.
The biggest outbreak occurred from 2014 to 2016 in West Africa, in the end infecting 28,600 and killing 11,325 individuals, with the illness additionally spreading to Europe and america.
The DRC’s most up-to-date outbreak occurred in 2022 and concerned only one recorded case of the virus.
