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Ebola Crisis Deepens as Funding Lags, US Adds $80 M

5/31/2026

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  • Only a third of the WHO-required Ebola response funding has been secured.
  • Uganda confirmed nine infections, one death, closed DRC border and imposed a 21-day quarantine.
  • WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus visited Bunia, Ituri, where 906 cases and 223 deaths were reported.
  • The United States added $80 million, raising its Ebola aid to over $112 million.
  • Doctors Without Borders warned outbreak is outpacing response after European Union (EU) delivered supplies to Ituri.