Workers prepare the body of a child believed to have died from Ebola, in Bunia, Congo, on June 9, 2026. Jospin Mwisha/AFP via Getty Images
A U.N. refugee agency has stated that the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo has spread into a crowded displacement camp for the first time.
The Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) stated in a June 9 report that two Ebola-related deaths have been reported at Kpangba camp in Ituri Province, a site that hosts about 30,000 internally displaced people.
