Media reports, unverified, citing Kenya's Ministry of Health, say Kenya has 2 confirmed cases, media-reported and unverified, and 1 death, media-reported and unverified, in the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak after a quarantined contact developed symptoms. Premium Times reports Kenya's contacts under observation were listed at 108, media-reported and unverified, then 113, media-reported and unverified, and 128, media-reported and unverified. This shifts the latest picture from the previous focus on Ituri schools in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to a cross-border report from Kenya.
Media reports, unverified, citing Ituri's Provincial Directorate of Education, say the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak has affected students in Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with 25 confirmed cases, media-reported and unverified, and 10 deaths, media-reported and unverified. Radio Okapi says schools were urged to strengthen prevention measures. This adds a school-specific toll from Ituri after earlier media reports, unverified, citing the DRC government put the national outbreak at 9066 confirmed cases, media-reported and unverified, and 4381 deaths, media-reported and unverified.
Media reports, unverified, citing the Democratic Republic of the Congo government, put the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo at 9066 confirmed cases, media-reported and unverified, and 4381 deaths, media-reported and unverified, including +88 confirmed cases, media-reported and unverified. That shifts the latest reporting back to the Democratic Republic of the Congo after the previous dispatch centered on Kenya's 2 confirmed cases, media-reported and unverified, and 1 death, media-reported and unverified, at a Nairobi hospital. Radio Okapi separately reports that border hygiene agents in Maniema are strengthening preparedness.
Al Jazeera Africa and AfricaNews report, citing Kenya's health ministry, that Kenya has 2 confirmed Ebola cases, media-reported and unverified, including 1 death, media-reported and unverified, at a Nairobi hospital. The reports differ on contact tracing figures: Al Jazeera says 57 contacts are under observation, media-reported and unverified, while one figure in the same report says 10 contacts are under observation, media-reported and unverified. This changes the focus from the previous dispatch, which centered on media-reported and unverified death figures in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Santé publique France says 15 official confirmed chikungunya cases have been identified in Cavalaire-sur-Mer, in Var, in its Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur bulletin dated 14 October. The previous French bulletin cited 162 official locally acquired cases across Tarn, Lot, Gard, Gironde, Landes, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Val-de-Marne and Var, so this newly published figure provides a local count within a department already affected rather than a new national total. Metropolitan France is seeing autochthonous transmission, meaning mosquito-borne spread within the country rather than only travel-associated infections.
AfricaNews reports, citing the World Health Organization, that the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak has reached 9000 confirmed cases, media-reported and unverified, and 4300 deaths, media-reported and unverified. That is up from 8978 confirmed cases, media-reported and unverified, in the previous AfricaNews account, while the death toll is down from 4336 deaths, media-reported and unverified. WHO’s latest official update in this session had listed 7,890 confirmed cases and 3,799 deaths as of 2026-09-23.
Santé publique France says metropolitan France has 162 confirmed chikungunya cases, official, that were locally acquired in Tarn, Lot, Gard, Gironde, Landes, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Val-de-Marne and Var. That is up from 146 locally acquired cases, official, cited on 5 October by the UK Health Security Agency’s TravelHealthPro from French surveillance. The 14 October French bulletin shows continuing autochthonous transmission in metropolitan France, meaning mosquito-borne spread within the country rather than only travel-associated infections.
Actualite.cd reports, citing the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, that the Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak has caused 4400 deaths, media-reported and unverified, in the country. That is higher than the 4381 deaths, official, listed by WHO's Regional Office for Africa for the Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 23 August 2026 in the previous dispatch, but WHO has not yet confirmed the newer toll. WHO has said the outbreak remains active in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Uganda had reported outbreak-linked cases earlier in 2026.
The Guardian reports, media-reported and unverified, that Texas has recorded 762 confirmed measles cases, media-reported and unverified, and 2 deaths, media-reported and unverified, in the current outbreak, and that the United States has recorded 8 deaths, media-reported and unverified. That adds a new United States count after the previous dispatch focused on South Africa's 6186 confirmed cases, official, and the wider official global total of 63563 confirmed cases. PAHO said on 9 October that the Americas remained at very high risk of further spread ahead of large religious mass gatherings.
South Africa's National Institute for Communicable Diseases reports 6186 confirmed measles cases, official, in the country in week 40, including +553 confirmed cases, official, since its last weekly report. The largest provincial increases were +124 confirmed cases, official, in Northern Cape, +87 confirmed cases, official, in Free State, and +79 confirmed cases, official, in North West. The latest official tally for the broader measles resurgence now stands at 63563 confirmed cases, official, up from 57377 on 12 October.
WHO Regional Office for Africa's situation report lists 9066 confirmed Ebola Bundibugyo cases, official, and 4381 deaths, official, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 23 August 2026. The report says that is an increase of 463 confirmed cases, official, and 233 deaths, official, from the previous weekly report. Earlier media reports of 8463 confirmed cases, media-reported and unverified, and 4082 deaths, media-reported and unverified, across the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda were not confirmed; WHO's official count stands at 9066 confirmed cases, official, and 4381 deaths, official, for the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
AfricaNews reports, citing Kenya's health ministry, that Kenya has 1 Ebola death, media-reported and unverified, no confirmed cases, media-reported and unverified, and 28 contacts under observation, media-reported and unverified, in a border town after the death of a laboratory worker. The same report says Uganda has 20 confirmed cases, media-reported and unverified, and 2 deaths, media-reported and unverified. It also cites WHO at 8463 confirmed cases, media-reported and unverified, and 4082 deaths, media-reported and unverified, across the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, replacing the outlet's earlier media-reported and unverified figures of 9000 confirmed cases and 4000 deaths.
Africanews reports, citing health authorities, that the Democratic Republic of the Congo has 9000 confirmed Bundibugyo Ebola cases, media-reported and unverified, and 4000 deaths, media-reported and unverified. That differs from the previous media report of 9066 confirmed cases, media-reported and unverified, and 4381 deaths, media-reported and unverified, and is below WHO’s last DRC death toll of 4205 deaths, official, as of 2026-10-06. WHO has described the outbreak as a large, still-active cross-border event affecting the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.
Premium Times reports, citing WHO and UNICEF, that cholera in Nigeria’s Zamfara State has caused 1619 suspected cases, media-reported and unverified, including 6 confirmed cases, media-reported and unverified, and 31 deaths, media-reported and unverified, in UNICEF’s account. The same report says WHO put Zamfara at 907 suspected cases, media-reported and unverified, while WHO figures for Zamfara and neighbouring Sokoto were 700 suspected cases, media-reported and unverified, and 30 deaths, media-reported and unverified. Reuters-cited residents and local officials separately put Bukkuyum LGA at 200 suspected cases and 8 deaths, both media-reported and unverified. That adds local Nigeria detail after the previous cholera dispatch cited a media-reported national tally of 111000 suspected cases and 3600 deaths.
IrkutskMedia reports, citing Rospotrebnadzor, that Irkutsk Oblast has no confirmed cases, media-reported and unverified, and no suspected cases, media-reported and unverified, in the plague scare, unchanged from the previous dispatch. The new element is a Rospotrebnadzor statement, carried by IrkutskMedia, that bots in Europe spread false reports of a lockdown in Russia over a plague outbreak. WHO has previously said there was no confirmed plague case after a laboratory worker died of severe pneumonia in Irkutsk Oblast.