Ebola deaths in Congo reach 202 as an English HPV study estimates lives saved

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said the Ebola outbreak in Congo had caused 202 deaths from 875 confirmed cases. Officials cited trouble with contact tracing. The Red Cross warned that the outbreak had not yet peaked.

Two more passengers from the MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak left the National Quarantine Unit in Omaha, leaving six people still in quarantine. The cruise-ship outbreak was still winding down as Ebola numbers rose. The two diseases were not described as linked.

A Lancet study led by Queen Mary University of London and funded by Cancer Research UK estimated that the HPV vaccine had prevented about 200 cervical-cancer deaths in England. It also found that no women aged 20 to 24 died of the disease between 2020 and 2024. The estimate was for England, not for the Congolese outbreak.

Sudan reported 36 suspected measles cases in Khartoum and White Nile and seven confirmed cholera cases in West Kordofan. Those counts were inside the war zone. They were smaller than Congo's Ebola totals and still part of the week's disease reports.

Lebanese conservationist Mona Khalil, known for work to protect endangered sea turtles, died of wounds from an Israeli attack in southern Lebanon two weeks earlier. Her death was both a health outcome and an environmental loss. The attack that injured her was already in the war record.

European Union and G7 governments, meeting in Evian, were reported to have pledged funding for Congo's Ebola response, including in Ituri. The pledge sat beside the case and death totals rather than replacing them. Containment was still described as unfinished.