New Ebola outbreak leaves 65 dead as officials warn of cross-border spread

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Reporter Jeff Paul provides an update on a deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship off West Africa. Three passengers have died, and three sick individuals were evacuated to the Netherlands. Africa’s top public health agency confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo on Friday after 65 deaths and 246 suspected cases were recorded in the country’s remote Ituri province. Health officials are now investigating whether the outbreak involves the Ebola Zaire strain — the deadliest and most well-known version of the virus — or a different variant, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Neighboring Uganda also confirmed one Ebola-related death involving a Congolese man whose case officials said was imported from Congo. The outbreak has been concentrated in the Mongwalu and Rwampara health zones in eastern Congo, an area near