Data published overnight into Tuesday showed the outbreak has recorded a total of 4,381 confirmed cases, including 2,011 deaths. Health workers in protective gear wave inside an Ebola treatment center in Bunia, Congo, on Aug. 10, 2026. Many health workers have gone on strike to protest not being paid for their work since the outbreak was declared. The Ebola outbreak is unlike most previous ones because the rare Bundibugyo virus responsible for it has no approved vaccines or treatments. The first Ebola virus to be identified was in 1976 near the Ebola River in what is now Congo.