African Health Officials On Ebola: ‘This Is Too Much’ (Live Updates)

BreakingBusinessAfrican Health Officials On Ebola: ‘This Is Too Much’ (Live Updates)ByMary Whitfill Roeloffs,Forbes Staff. Mary Roeloffs is a Forbes breaking news reporter covering pop culture.Follow AuthorMay 25, 2026, 03:58pm EDTToplineThe Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday warned 11 African countries are now considered to be at risk amid an ongoing Ebola outbreak and World Health Organization officials called for international cooperation, cautioning “no single country can respond to this magnitude of outbreak alone.” Workers line up to disinfect their protective equipment at General Referral Hospital of Mongbwalu during the Ebola outbreak on May 20, 2026.Getty ImagesTimelineMONDAY, MAY 25, 2026At a meeting of health leaders from across the continent, Africa CDC Director General Dr. Jean Kaseya warned, “This is too much. We cannot afford to have more Africans dying."WHO director general Tedros Ghebreyesus, who says he will personally travel to Congo ​on Tuesday, says the Ebola death toll has risen to 220 and warns “at the moment, the ​epidemic is outpacing us.” SUNDAY, MAY 24, 2026A group of young men stormed a hospital treating Ebola patients in DCR and opened fire while attempting to reclaim the bodies of loved ones, according to the Associated Press, marking the third attack on Ebola treatment facilities in four days (it was not immediately clear if anyone was hurt). SATURDAY, MAY 23, 2026Unidentified attackers burn down a tent being used to treat Ebola victims in Mongbwalu, a town in the DRC’s Ituri Province, and at least 18 people with suspected cases of Ebola fled during the attack.THURSDAY, MAY 21, 2026 Witnesses tell AP that a treatment center and the body of a person inside were set on fire by locals who became angry when they weren't allowed to retrieve the body of a friend who'd died (contact with the body of an Ebola victim is an easy way for the disease to spread, and authorities are handling burials whenever p...