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- Follow-up: DR Congo Ebola cases pass 10,000 in the fastest-spreading Ebola outbreak on record
The Ebola outbreak declared in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in May keeps spreading, and the government announced on Tuesday, Oct 27, that more than 10,000 people have been infected since then. The International Rescue Committee's head of Ebola response said the 2014-2016 West Africa outbreak had only about 4,000 cases at the same stage; that outbreak eventually exceeded 28,000 cases. The current outbreak covers the widest geographic area on record, and nearly 5,000 people have died, second only to more than 11,000 in West Africa; about a third of the dead are children, and about three-quarters of patients under 5 have died. Africa CDC held an online meeting of health ministers on Wednesday, Oct 28.
Oct 28, 2026 Afternoon - Lancet Countdown report attributes about 3 million deaths in 2016-2023 to global warming
The 2026 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change said about 3 million deaths between 2016 and 2023 can be attributed to global warming, the first time the team has directly quantified heat-related deaths caused by human-driven climate change. Published ahead of the COP31 climate conference, the report said heat-related deaths have kept rising since the 2015 Paris Agreement. It said renewable energy growth has 'far exceeded expectations' and could cut warming by 2100 from a previously estimated 3.5°C to 2.6°C, but global climate action remains 'severely inadequate'.
Oct 28, 2026 Afternoon - Classification of finite simple groups fully formalised in Lean, uncovering a counterexample in a published proof
A research project announced it has completed a full formalisation of the classification of finite simple groups in the Lean proof assistant, following the first-generation proof, with every logical step checked by Lean's kernel. The theorem is regarded as one of mathematics' greatest collective achievements; its first-generation proof was written by about 100 mathematicians over decades and runs to thousands of journal pages, concluding that every finite simple group is a cyclic group of prime order, an alternating group, a group of Lie type or one of 26 sporadic groups. During the work, the team found a counterexample to a closure claim used in one published route to the proof of the 'unbalanced group theorem', gave an alternative argument, and is preparing an erratum with group theorists.
Oct 28, 2026 Afternoon - US and 30 other countries warn of 'alarming' deterioration in Sudan's food security, with 19.5 million facing acute hunger
The United States and 30 other countries, including EU states, Britain and Norway, issued a joint statement warning of an 'alarming' deterioration in Sudan's food security and urging the warring parties to remove obstacles to humanitarian aid to prevent famine. The statement said the conflict is the main driver of Sudan's hunger crisis, destroying key infrastructure and disrupting food production. It estimated that 19.5 million people, or 41% of the population, face acute food insecurity, including 5 million at emergency level. Sudan's civil war broke out in April 2023 and has displaced 14 million people; the US State Department released the statement on Monday.
Oct 28, 2026 Morning - Google DeepMind releases Genie 4 world model with real-time audio and on-the-fly scene changes
Google DeepMind on Tuesday, Oct 27, released its latest world model, Genie 4, as a research preview. It generates more realistic and interactive virtual worlds than its predecessor and can create matching music, ambient sound and dialogue in real time; users can type prompts during a simulation to change the weather or camera angle or add new characters and objects. Scenes stay consistent for up to two minutes, twice as long as Genie 3, with more realistic physics and people, and the model draws on Google's updated Gemini models. DeepMind sees world models as key to artificial general intelligence and as a source of unlimited training environments for physical robots; the industry is also consolidating, with AMD acquiring World Labs, founded by Fei-Fei Li.
Oct 28, 2026 Morning - UNCTAD official warns Iran war is pushing up fuel and fertiliser prices, threatening Africa's harvests next year
A director at the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) told Al Jazeera at the World Investment Forum in Doha on Monday, Oct 26, that the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz caused by the US-Israeli war on Iran must be resolved as soon as possible. She said fertiliser prices have risen sharply and many countries have decided to use less, which will hit next year's harvests and food supply and prices. Several African trade ministers said higher fuel and fertiliser costs from the Middle East conflict threaten the region's food security; a fifth of global oil and LNG trade previously passed through the strait.
Oct 27, 2026 Afternoon - Cloudflare discloses KV cache isolation flaw in GLM-5.3 on Workers AI; 155 responses contained other users' data
Cloudflare said in an incident report that from Aug 27 to Sept 9, the GLM-5.3 model hosted on its Workers AI platform had a tenant isolation problem in which a small number of customers received responses containing data from other customers' recent requests to the same model. A total of 155 responses were affected, all for prompts longer than 681,280 tokens. Security researcher Gadi Evron of Knostic reported the issue on Sept 8, the model was restored on Sept 9 after a fix, other models were unaffected, and the company found no evidence of deliberate exploitation.
Oct 27, 2026 Afternoon - Scientists film REM-like sleep in an Australian jumping spider for the first time
A new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) found that the Australian jumping spider Portia fimbriata has at least two sleep stages, including one resembling rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, with video capturing subtle eye twitches and leg curling. Co-author Daniela Rößler, a behavioural ecologist at the University of Bonn, said the similarity of the spiders' sleep structure to key features of vertebrate sleep was far greater than anyone expected. The team is now studying how the spiders sleep in the wild.
Oct 27, 2026 Afternoon - More than 60 Christians killed in series of attacks in Ethiopia's Oromia region, Orthodox Church says
The BBC reported that the Ethiopian Orthodox Church said more than 60 Christians were killed in a series of attacks in three areas of a district in Oromia region, which a church official called a 'massacre'. The church's Holy Synod said 20 houses were burned but did not identify the attackers. Witnesses told BBC Amharic that 5 children were among the dead. Local officials blamed a newly formed rebel alliance that includes the Oromo Liberation Army, which did not respond and has previously denied similar attacks; the regional government said those responsible will be held to account.
Oct 27, 2026 Morning - Sudan's RSF drone strikes on five power stations black out three eastern states; UK sanctions 15 commanders over El Fasher sexual violence
Sudanese officials said the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carried out coordinated drone strikes on five power stations, two each in Gezira and Gedaref states and one in White Nile, causing widespread blackouts in all three army-controlled states. The two sides have been at war since April 2023. On the first anniversary of the fall of El Fasher, the UK sanctioned 15 commanders from the RSF and the Sudanese army suspected of sexual violence during the siege, imposing travel bans and asset freezes. Up to 10,000 civilians are estimated to have been killed within two days when the RSF captured the city, with another 40,000 missing.
Oct 27, 2026 Morning - Algeria's parliament approves sending troops to Niger, its first foreign deployment since 1973
The BBC reported that Algeria will send troops to Niger, its first overseas deployment since the 1973 Middle East war, after Niger's defence minister visited Algiers seeking support against armed groups linked to al-Qaeda or the Islamic State group. The troops are expected to protect energy facilities in Niger's northern border areas, where Algeria has economic interests including a planned gas pipeline through Niger. AFP reported that 148 of 174 senators voted in favour at an emergency session on Oct 25, and the lower house also approved it; the two countries recalled their ambassadors over a diplomatic row in 2025.
Oct 27, 2026 Morning - Newly formed Antarctic strait named after former BBC science correspondent Jonathan Amos
A stretch of water between Rothschild Island and Alexander Island in western Antarctica has been named Amos Strait in honour of former BBC science correspondent Jonathan Amos, the BBC reported. The naming committee said that in his 38-year career at BBC News he played an 'outstanding and influential role' in helping the public understand Antarctic research. The strait is a new feature, formed after an ice mass that connected the two islands broke up.
Oct 27, 2026 Morning - Kenya bus crash on Nairobi-Mombasa highway kills at least 24 as government vows road safety crackdown
Kenyan authorities said a bus carrying church members crashed on the Nairobi-Mombasa highway, killing at least 24 people, most of them passengers returning from a religious event. The crash came weeks after another on the same stretch killed 17, and the government said it will step up road safety enforcement and inspections of long-distance coaches. Local road safety groups criticised long-standing overloading and inadequate vehicle checks on long-distance buses.
Oct 26, 2026 Afternoon - Follow-up: Death toll from gunmen's raid on Binnari village in Nigeria's Taraba State rises to at least 48, police say
Police spokesperson Mshelizah said the death toll from an attack by gunmen on Binnari village in Taraba State, north-east Nigeria, has risen to at least 48, while Amnesty International said it had confirmed 52 deaths. The gunmen reportedly rode into the village on motorbikes in an attack lasting up to 4 hours, and some villagers drowned while fleeing. Police had earlier given a figure of at least 10 dead.
Oct 26, 2026 Morning - Follow-up: Uganda orders citizens returning from DR Congo into 21-day self-paid Ebola quarantine, tightens Entebbe checks
Uganda declared its own Ebola outbreak over in July and says it has no active cases, but recent cases elsewhere have raised questions about travellers passing through the country. Uganda's health minister announced at a news conference in Kampala on Sunday, Oct 25, that Ugandan citizens who have travelled to the Democratic Republic of Congo must quarantine for 21 days at their own expense on return. Authorities have stepped up checks at Entebbe International Airport and land border crossings and require all arriving travellers to provide contact details.
Oct 26, 2026 Morning - Gunmen attack village in eastern Nigeria's Taraba state; police say at least 10 dead, Amnesty says 40
Nigerian police said on Saturday, Oct 24, that a large group of gunmen on motorcycles attacked Binnari village in Taraba state on Oct 23 and that by that evening 10 bodies had been found; attackers also looted food from shops. Residents said the gunmen opened fire shortly after Friday prayers. Survivors told AFP at least 20 people were killed, and Le Monde also reported at least 20 dead; Amnesty International said in a statement on Oct 24 that the death toll was 40 and that more bodies were found the same day after police confirmed 10 deaths. Many parts of Nigeria have long faced attacks by armed gangs and bandits.
Oct 25, 2026 Afternoon - IAEA says global nuclear power could more than triple by 2060, driven by AI data centres and electrification
IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi presented the agency's annual report to the UN General Assembly on Oct 23, forecasting that global nuclear power use could more than triple by 2060, driven by electrification, AI data centres and tech companies' demand for stable carbon-free power; it is the fifth straight year the agency has raised its forecast. In the high-growth scenario, global nuclear capacity would reach 992 GW in 2050, 2.6 times the 2024 level, with small modular reactors making up about 28%. Grossi said more than 400 reactors in over 30 countries supplied 10% of the world's electricity in 2025, and more than 60 new reactors are under construction.
Oct 25, 2026 Morning - Follow-up: Two rescued after building under construction collapses in Nairobi; five still missing as police seek owner and contractor
A building under construction in Nairobi collapsed on the afternoon of Friday, Oct 23, and rescuers pulled two survivors from the rubble on Oct 24, with five people still missing. Police ordered the arrest of the building's owner and the contractor responsible for the site. The building, estimated at 16 or 18 storeys, was still wrapped in scaffolding, and 11 shops on the ground floor were already open; those missing are believed to have been inside the shops, while 66 of 67 workers in the building escaped safely.
Oct 25, 2026 Morning - Follow-up: Kenya reports second Ebola death; WHO launches vaccine trial against Bundibugyo strain in DR Congo
Al Jazeera reported that Kenya announced its second Ebola death, a 65-year-old woman; the country has nine confirmed cases, seven still in treatment and 135 close contacts traced, and the health ministry said there was 'no evidence' of community spread. The WHO launched the Tumaini clinical trial in Bunia, Ituri province, DR Congo, to test whether the Ervebo vaccine protects against the Bundibugyo strain. DR Congo's current outbreak has passed 9,700 cases and 4,600 deaths.
Oct 24, 2026 Afternoon - Follow-up: Nigeria's first Ebola patient confirmed as wife of a Swiss diplomat; 44 close contacts quarantined
After Nigeria confirmed its first Ebola case in more than a decade on Oct 20, Switzerland's foreign ministry confirmed the patient is the 42-year-old Ugandan-born wife of a Swiss diplomat living in Abuja. It said she spent about a week with symptoms at a private clinic in Abuja before diagnosis and is believed to have been infected while travelling in Uganda, though health authorities have not confirmed the source; her husband is in quarantine without symptoms, and the embassy's eight Swiss and 17 local staff are healthy and need no quarantine. Wessam Mankoula of Africa CDC said 44 close contacts had been quarantined and authorities are investigating whether she met Kenya's first patient at an airport in Uganda; the outbreak in DR Congo, which began in May, has killed at least 4,600 people and infected about 9,700.
Oct 24, 2026 Morning - WMO says this El Niño could be the strongest on record, with tropical Pacific sea temperatures up to 3.8°C above average
World Meteorological Organization Secretary-General Celeste Saulo said in Geneva on Thursday, Oct 22, that the current El Niño could reach unprecedented strength, beyond more than 40 years of monitoring records. The latest forecasts show tropical Pacific sea-surface temperatures could be 3.8°C above average from November to January, compared with about 3°C for the strongest El Niño on record; she said it would peak at the end of this year but its effects would last longer, with extreme weather already seen worldwide set to 'multiply and cascade'. KBS said South Korea is bracing for sharp temperature swings and record rain and snow.
Oct 24, 2026 Morning - Marathon world champion Peres Jepchirchir provisionally banned after positive EPO test before Sydney Marathon win
The Athletics Integrity Unit said on Friday, Oct 23, that marathon world champion Peres Jepchirchir had been provisionally suspended after an out-of-competition sample collected before her Sydney Marathon win tested positive for the banned blood booster EPO (erythropoietin). The 33-year-old won Olympic gold in Tokyo in 2021 and the New York (2021), Boston (2022), London (2024) and Sydney (2026) marathons, and once held the half-marathon world record. Her manager said he 'felt terrible' and that athletes who use banned drugs should be disqualified.
Oct 24, 2026 Morning - BBC investigation: Sudan's RSF systematically destroyed El Fasher's health system, with at least 43 attacks on medical facilities
A BBC investigation found that Sudan's Rapid Support Forces systematically destroyed the health system of El Fasher in Darfur during their long siege and capture of the city about a year ago, documenting at least 43 attacks on hospitals and clinics between May 2024 and October 2025. Between April 2023 and October 2025 at least 55 health workers were killed, 120 injured and 10 missing or abducted. UN human rights chief Volker Türk said the attacks may amount to war crimes; the RSF's health minister denied the findings, and the RSF has denied reports that more than 460 patients and companions were killed at a maternity hospital on Oct 25, 2025.
Oct 23, 2026 Afternoon - Crowd of about 50 beats a foreign man to death in Durban, South Africa, amid wave of anti-immigrant protests
South African police said a crowd of about 50 people beat to death a foreign man believed to be in his 30s or early 40s in Durban; his identity has not been released and the motive is under investigation. Anti-immigrant protests have spread across South Africa this year, some turning violent, and earlier this month shops and cars were set on fire in Durban and in Soweto near Johannesburg. Xenophobic attacks in 2008 killed more than 60 people.
Oct 23, 2026 Afternoon - Follow-up: Drone strike in disputed Abyei region kills more than 150 in Sudan's civil war; Le Monde says all were civilians
The New York Times reported a drone strike in the Abyei region killed more than 150 people during Sudan's civil war. Le Monde said all the dead were civilians, quoting a local resident: 'Traders, women, children... they spared no one.' The Times said the warring sides, deadlocked on the battlefield, increasingly rely on long-range drone strikes that cause heavy civilian casualties; Abyei is a disputed area between Sudan and South Sudan.
Oct 23, 2026 Morning - Follow-up: WHO says Ebola outbreak 'more complex' with cases in three African countries; over 4,000 dead in DR Congo
Al Jazeera reported WHO's regional director for Africa said on Oct 22 the situation was 'more complex'. The Ebola outbreak declared in DR Congo in mid-May has killed more than 4,000 people there, and Kenya, DR Congo and Nigeria have current or recent cases, while Uganda, which had cases earlier in the year, has declared itself clear. Nigeria confirmed its first case on Tuesday, the Ugandan wife of a Swiss diplomat in Abuja; health authorities are investigating whether she had contact with Kenya's first patient at a Ugandan airport. The New York Times said the outbreak has reached its widest expansion ever.
Oct 23, 2026 Morning - IUCN's first global assessment finds 96% of coral reefs critically endangered once warming is factored in, facing collapse risk by 2075
The Guardian and Japan Times reported the International Union for Conservation of Nature's first global coral reef assessment, covering reefs in more than 80 countries, found about 24% are currently critically endangered, rising to 96% when expected global warming is included, with almost all shallow-water reefs, including Australia's Great Barrier Reef, at high risk of ecosystem collapse by 2075. About a quarter of known marine species live on or around coral reefs. Mishal Gudka, the assessment's scientific lead and a research director at Cordio East Africa, said 'the risk is real and very concerning'.
Oct 23, 2026 Morning - Follow-up: Nigeria's first Ebola case matches DR Congo outbreak strain; patient had holidayed in Uganda
Al Jazeera reported Nigeria's Centre for Disease Control said on Oct 21 that molecular testing confirmed the country's first Ebola case as the same strain causing the DR Congo outbreak, also confirmed by WHO; the strain has no vaccine or specific treatment, and this is the outbreak's first spread to West Africa. BBC reported the patient, the 42-year-old Ugandan-born wife of a diplomat living in Abuja, spent two and a half weeks in Kampala, transited in Ethiopia's capital and returned to Abuja on Oct 3, falling ill three days later. Health minister Muhammad Ali Pate said she was stable and improving and 44 contacts had been traced.
Oct 22, 2026 Afternoon - UAE nominates minister Lana Nusseibeh for UN Secretary-General after all seven candidates drew permanent-member vetoes in straw poll
Al-Monitor reported UAE Minister of State Lana Nusseibeh, her country's UN ambassador for more than a decade, entered the race for the next UN Secretary-General on Oct 21 as a heavyweight Middle East candidate. Buenos Aires Times said all seven candidates drew at least two discouraging votes from permanent members in last Friday's informal Security Council straw poll, after which Senegal's former president withdrew; Costa Rica's former vice-president had led earlier rounds. Nusseibeh said the UN needs a Secretary-General who makes it a 'problem solver, not a bystander'.
Oct 22, 2026 Afternoon - Follow-up: PHP patches two critical remote-code-execution flaws; government websites in several European countries briefly taken offline
The PHP project's official blog said PHP released versions 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 and 8.2.35 on Oct 21 to fix two critical vulnerabilities that, under certain conditions, let unauthenticated attackers execute code on servers running PHP; the flaws are in memory management and error handling used by almost every request. Asahi said the fixes came out late on Oct 21 Japan time and some websites were still down on the morning of Oct 22, while government agency websites in several European countries suspended service. The US National Security Agency on Oct 21 Eastern Time told all agencies using PHP to act and to take systems offline if they could not patch immediately; the FBI also issued a warning on X.
Oct 22, 2026 Morning - Bitcoin up 2% in 24 hours to about $84,593; a SpaceX–Tesla merger would hold over 30,000 BTC
Bitcoin rose 1.99% over roughly 24 hours to $84,593. CoinDesk said that if SpaceX and Tesla merged, the combined company would hold more than 30,000 bitcoin. OKX data showed the BTC-USDT perpetual funding rate around -0.0022%, with about $660,000 of near-term liquidations visible on OKX bitcoin perpetuals in a 100-trade sample (not network-wide).
Oct 22, 2026 Morning - Bitcoin up about 1.1% in 24 hours to around $82,714 as Asian chip stocks rebound
Bitcoin rose about 1.05% over roughly 24 hours to $82,714. CoinDesk said strong SpaceX and Super Micro Computer results lifted Asian chip stocks and bitcoin recovered with tech shares; Zcash jumped 11% after developers set the activation height for the NU7 upgrade, which will cut block time to 25 seconds. OKX showed bitcoin perpetual funding around +0.0031%, with about $543,000 of near-term liquidations visible in a 100-trade sample (not network-wide).
Oct 21, 2026 Afternoon - Sudan army accused of drone strikes on mourners in West Kordofan and a fuel market in Abyei, killing more than 300
The BBC reported that the Sudanese army is accused of several rounds of drone strikes that killed more than 300 people, including dozens of people travelling to a funeral. The Sudan War Monitor said two places in West Kordofan state were hit on Sunday night, killing 150, and a local information minister said a market in Abyei, the disputed area jointly administered by Sudan and South Sudan, was hit on Monday, killing 153; a military source told the BBC the army carried out the Abyei strike, saying the market was a fuel supply point for the Rapid Support Forces. South Sudan summoned Sudan's ambassador to lodge a formal protest.
Oct 21, 2026 Morning - Nigeria confirms first Ebola case in Abuja in a woman who flew in from Uganda; Kenya confirms ninth case
Nigeria's federal health ministry said a woman who arrived by air from Uganda tested positive for Ebola in the capital Abuja, the country's first case in the current outbreak; she developed symptoms on Oct 7, was admitted to a private hospital in Abuja on Oct 11 and was later confirmed, and the health minister said 44 close contacts are being traced. Kenya's health ministry confirmed its ninth case the same day, a 24-year-old man already in isolation. The head of Africa CDC said this Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak is the most geographically widespread on record, affecting several countries in three African regions, with a fatality rate close to 50%.
Oct 21, 2026 Morning - Private keys for 8 eMudhra intermediate TLS certificates compromised, allowing forged certificates for any website
Ars Technica reported that private keys for eight TLS intermediate certificates of Indian certificate authority eMudhra were exposed, letting holders issue browser-trusted certificates for any website. A reporter named Wayne used each of the eight keys on Oct 17 to sign the message 'We have a problem here - Wayne' and submitted them to root certificate programmes; Firefox and Chrome have blocked the certificates since Oct 17 and Apple devices since Oct 19. Certificate Transparency logs show no malicious use so far, but Linux distributions, embedded and IoT devices take longer to update, and a cryptography engineer called it a cleanup 'bigger than Heartbleed'.
Oct 21, 2026 Morning - Exiled Rwandan critic Robert Kabera found beheaded near Kampala; head still missing
BBC reported that former Rwandan army sergeant major Robert Kabera, 50, an outspoken critic of President Paul Kagame, was found beheaded near Kampala, Uganda, over the weekend; Ugandan police spokesman Rusoke said on Monday the head had not been recovered. Kabera fled Rwanda after sexual-assault charges he denied, sought asylum in Uganda, and posted criticism of Kagame's government as a musician and YouTuber with more than 144,000 subscribers and over 800 videos; relatives said he had visited a worksite about 45 km outside Kampala before he was killed. The exiled opposition Rwanda National Congress called for a full investigation; the Rwandan government had not publicly commented.
Oct 20, 2026 Afternoon - Kenya records first Bundibugyo Ebola cluster as eighth case confirmed
Kenya has recorded its first clustered outbreak of Bundibugyo-strain Ebola, with an eighth person testing positive. The regional outbreak is reported as the second-largest on record, with more than 4,300 deaths and more than 9,000 infections. A US quarantine centre for returning Americans at an air base in Laikipia drew local protests; a Kenyan court ordered the centre paused, with the case set for November. RFI said the epidemic was still spreading in DRC provinces including Nord-Ubangi near the Central African Republic. Public-health voices said US cuts to global health support had weakened surveillance and response.
Oct 20, 2026 Afternoon - Drone strikes on al-Dibab transport hub in Sudan's West Kordofan kill 80
Witnesses and medical sources said drones struck a transport hub in al-Dibab, West Kordofan, twice 10 minutes apart on the evening of Oct 18, killing 80 people, most of them passengers heading home after market day; witness Ahmed Wadi said he helped bury 50 bodies including his brother, and 30 of 47 people taken to nearby al-Mujlad died of their wounds. The RSF-declared Tasis administration blamed the Sudanese army; it is one of the deadliest single strikes since the war began in April 2023. Al Jazeera reported on Oct 19 that an RSF drone attack in eastern Khartoum killed three children under 10.
Oct 20, 2026 Morning - Kenya Shakahola starvation cult leader Paul Mackenzie found guilty of 191 murders
A court in Mombasa on Oct 19 found Good News International Church leader Paul Mackenzie guilty of murdering 191 people, all but one of them children, in the 2023 Shakahola forest starvation cult case; 28 other sect leaders were also convicted of murder. Judge Mochache, reading the verdict over more than eight hours, said Mackenzie ordered followers to starve their children to 'meet Jesus' and taught that education was forbidden and modern medicine 'evil'. After his 2023 arrest, authorities exhumed more than 400 bodies from shallow graves, only 26 identified; the defendants denied the charges.
Oct 20, 2026 Morning - Follow-up: Kenya Ebola cases rise to 8; DRC outbreak has killed at least 4,000
Kenya's first Ebola patient, a man who arrived in Nairobi from the Democratic Republic of the Congo via Uganda, died in a Nairobi hospital on Oct 5. Director-General for Health Patrick Amoth said on Oct 18 that 1 of 38 people tested that day was positive: a 49-year-old man who cleaned utensils and linens at the hospital and may have been exposed to the first patient; he developed fever, headache and muscle pain on Saturday. The ministry reported 4 new cases on Saturday, including 3 health workers who treated the first patient. The outbreak is the Bundibugyo strain; Australia's ABC reported that the DRC has recorded at least 4,000 deaths since May, and up to 128 contacts of Kenya's first patient remain in isolation.
Oct 19, 2026 Afternoon