Canada Issues Travel Advisory for Congo Amid Ebola Outbreak

Canada Issues Travel Advisory for Congo Amid Ebola Outbreak
Staffers at CBCA Virunga Hospital prepare rooms for suspected Ebola patients in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on May 17, 2026. Jospin Mwisha/AFP via Getty Images
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Ottawa has issued a Level 2 travel health advisory for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, warning against non-essential travel to the provinces of Ituri and North Kivu amid an ongoing Ebola outbreak.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the outbreak in Congo and neighbouring Uganda a public health emergency of international concern, following an outbreak of Bundibugyo virus disease, a strain of Ebola for which there are no approved vaccines or specific treatments.