Journal des modifications

Bumped case + death counts to 545 / 132 after DRC MoH briefing reports nine-zone spread

DRC Health Minister Samuel Roger Kamba reported 131 deaths from 513 suspected cases on 19 May. WHO Director-General Tedros separately confirmed 30 of those cases as laboratory-confirmed in DRC. Uganda figures unchanged at 2 confirmed and 1 death, giving a combined total of 545 cases and 132 deaths. The outbreak now spans nine Ituri health zones (up from three on 15 May) with suspected case clusters extending roughly 200 km from Bunia. Kamba cautioned the 131 deaths remain an estimate pending laboratory confirmation that all suspected deaths are Ebola-attributable. WHO has convened a follow-up IHR Emergency Committee meeting to consider vaccine options.

Source : DRC Ministry of Health briefing (19 May 2026); WHO press briefing (Tedros), 19 May 2026

Bumped case + death counts to 348 / 89, added regional coordination context

DRC: 10 confirmed plus 336 suspected = 346 cases, 88 deaths. Uganda: 2 confirmed, 1 death. Per-zone attribution updated: Bunia 184 cases / 43 deaths, Rwampara 87 / 26, Mongbwalu 75 / 19. Outbreak record now notes Africa CDC has activated a regional Incident Management Support Team covering DRC, Uganda, and South Sudan, and that the US CDC is supporting evacuation of a small number of US citizens.

Source : US CDC media release (17-18 May 2026) + Africa CDC briefing

Added 7 curated news entries: US CDC mobilisation, Africa CDC IMST activation, Reuters, Washington Post, BBC, The Times, UN News

Hand-curated entries supplement the auto-ingested news feed for the highest-value 18 May sources. Primary-source entries get tier=primary for SEO and editorial weight.

Launched interactive outbreak map and embeddable widgets

Added the /map page with MapLibre + OpenFreeMap tiles and case-weighted symbols. Added /embed widgets (case counter, vaccine matrix, map) for newsroom and dashboard use. No third-party trackers; CC BY 4.0.

Updated case + death counts for the 2026 PHEIC

Case count revised to 336 (from 254 on 15 May). Death count revised to 87 (from 80). Cross-checked against the WHO PHEIC press release and the WHO DON for 17 May 2026.

Source : WHO PHEIC declaration, 17 May 2026

Added "the answer" blocks to vaccines, treatments, and bundibugyo pages

Rewrote the top of each page as a self-contained 150-word answer with inline source links, optimised for AI Overview and featured snippet extraction. No claim was added that was not previously somewhere on the page.

Added news timeline (/news) with curated source citations

Created a curated timeline of coverage from WHO, Africa CDC, STAT, Science, CBS, PBS, Al Jazeera, France 24, Imperial College, Direct Relief. Each entry is a 1-2 sentence summary in our own words with a direct link.

Public update log launched (this page)

Every material edit to outbreak data, editorial copy, or sources will be logged here from now on. RSS at /changes/rss.xml.