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WHO, Africa CDC Deploy $518 M for DRC Ebola Response

6/11/2026

Summary

Story summary

WHO and Africa CDC launched a $518 million “One Response” to expand testing and contact tracing.
Ebola victims were carried on taxi roofs in eastern DRC because ambulances were unavailable, with 550 cases and 101 deaths.
Testing capacity rose to 800 samples per day, with results in 24-48 hours.
Contact tracing reached 45 percent of cases, below the 90-95 percent needed, while the outbreak displaced 3.4 million people and left 15 million needing humanitarian aid.

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Story summary

WHO and Africa CDC launched a $518 million “One Response” to expand testing and contact tracing.
Ebola victims were carried on taxi roofs in eastern DRC because ambulances were unavailable, with 550 cases and 101 deaths.
Testing capacity rose to 800 samples per day, with results in 24-48 hours.
Contact tracing reached 45 percent of cases, below the 90-95 percent needed, while the outbreak displaced 3.4 million people and left 15 million needing humanitarian aid.