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Funding gaps delay rapid Ebola tests, worsening DRC outbreak

6/12/2026

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Lack of rapid tests delayed detection of Bundibugyo Ebola strain, expanding outbreak.
DRC health ministry reported 676 Ebola cases, 136 deaths and three health zones in North Kivu and Ituri.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus visited Uganda, praising its border screening while seven labs and one mobile unit use RADI-One to process 100 samples daily.
Funding gaps leave diagnostics under-resourced as experts say rapid tests could be developed in months.

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Story summary

Lack of rapid tests delayed detection of Bundibugyo Ebola strain, expanding outbreak.
DRC health ministry reported 676 Ebola cases, 136 deaths and three health zones in North Kivu and Ituri.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus visited Uganda, praising its border screening while seven labs and one mobile unit use RADI-One to process 100 samples daily.
Funding gaps leave diagnostics under-resourced as experts say rapid tests could be developed in months.