Epidemiological situation in DRC: no cases of Ebola reported throughout the country (Council of Ministers)

Kinshasa, November 2^nd, 2025 (CPA).- No cases of Ebola virus disease have been reported throughout the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Minister in charge of Public Health has announced on Friday in Kinshasa during the presentation of the country’s epidemiological situation at the 65^th ordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers.  « During the past week, no new cases of Ebola virus disease have been recorded. And according to the World Health Organisation protocol, there are 29 days left before the official declaration of the end of the Ebola epidemic if no new cases are reported, » has indicated Patrick Muyaya, government spokesperson, when reading the minutes of the Council of Ministers. He has added that ‘with regard to cholera, compared to the previous week, the trend in the 42nd epidemiological week is marked by an increase in the number of new cases, from 1,051 to 1,231 suspected cases, including 28 deaths, with a fatality rate of 2.3%.’  According to him, with regard to Mpox, for more than eight weeks, there has been a significant decrease in notifications, with a drop in the number of positive cases. Despite these declines, the Mpox epidemic situation in Sud-Kivu and Sankuru remains worrying.