Every Affected Country

Every country with a recorded human Ebola case since 1976, including imported cases and laboratory exposures, grouped by region. The 2026 epidemic rows move; the historical rows are settled.

Africa 13 countries

DR CongoActive epidemic, 17th outbreak

4,566 confirmed and 2,128 deaths in the 2026 Bundibugyo epidemic; 17 outbreaks since the virus was discovered at Yambuku in 1976, more than any other country

First reported 1976
Where Ituri; North Kivu; Yambuku; Kikwit; Bulape

IturiNorth KivuSouth KivuHaut-UeleTshopoBas-Uele

UgandaContained, declared over 28 Jul 2026

20 confirmed and 2 deaths in 2026, contained in 74 days with no community transmission; previously the 2000 Gulu outbreak (425 cases) and three Sudan virus outbreaks since 2022

First reported 2000
Where Kampala; Mubende; Bundibugyo; Gulu

KampalaWakisoMubendeBundibugyo

SudanHistorical, source of Sudan virus

The 1976 Nzara outbreak (284 cases, 151 deaths) was one of the two simultaneous outbreaks that first identified Ebola; recurrences in 1979 and 2004

First reported 1976
Where Nzara; Maridi; Yambio

GuineaHistorical, epicentre of the West Africa epidemic

Index country of the 2013 to 2016 West Africa epidemic, the largest on record; a 2021 resurgence was traced to a survivor still shedding virus about five years later

First reported 2013
Where Gueckedou; N'Zerekore

LiberiaHistorical

One of the three worst-affected countries in the West Africa epidemic

First reported 2014
Where Monrovia; Lofa

Sierra LeoneHistorical

One of the three worst-affected countries in the West Africa epidemic; Bombali virus, a sixth Ebola species with no known human cases, was found in bats here in 2018

First reported 2014
Where Kenema; Freetown

GabonHistorical

Three outbreaks between 1994 and 1997, several traced to contact with infected primates

First reported 1994
Where Mayibout; Booue; Makokou

Republic of CongoHistorical

Outbreaks in 2001 to 2003 and 2005, linked to the Gabon border region

First reported 2001
Where Mbomo; Kelle; Etoumbi

Cote d'IvoireHistorical, single case

One case, a scientist infected during a chimpanzee necropsy in Tai National Park; the only recorded human Tai Forest virus infection, and the patient survived

First reported 1994
Where Tai National Park

NigeriaHistorical, imported and contained

20 cases after a single infected traveller arrived in Lagos; contained within three months and widely cited as a model response

First reported 2014
Where Lagos; Port Harcourt

MaliHistorical, imported

8 cases imported during the West Africa epidemic

First reported 2014
Where Bamako; Kayes

SenegalHistorical, imported and contained

1 imported case, no onward transmission

First reported 2014
Where Dakar

South AfricaHistorical, laboratory acquired

1 case, a nurse infected while treating a patient evacuated from Gabon

First reported 1996
Where Johannesburg

Europe 6 countries

GermanyImported 2026, resolved

2 humanitarian workers medically evacuated from DR Congo and treated in Berlin; both recovered. Also the site of the original 1967 Marburg outbreak, a related filovirus

First reported 2026
Where Berlin; Marburg

FranceImported 2026, resolved

1 doctor infected on a humanitarian mission in DR Congo, confirmed 24 Jun 2026 and discharged 4 Jul

First reported 2026
Where Paris

SpainHistorical, imported

1 secondary infection in a nurse who treated a repatriated missionary, the first Ebola transmission recorded outside Africa

First reported 2014
Where Madrid

United KingdomHistorical, imported and laboratory

1 laboratory infection from a needlestick in 1976; imported cases in returning healthcare workers during the West Africa epidemic

First reported 1976
Where London; Glasgow

ItalyHistorical, imported

1 imported case in a returning healthcare worker; also a 1992 Reston virus event in imported monkeys, which caused no human illness

First reported 2015
Where Rome; Siena

RussiaHistorical, laboratory acquired

2 fatal laboratory infections, in 1996 and 2004, both from needlestick injuries

First reported 1996
Where Sergiev Posad; Koltsovo

North America 1 country

United StatesHistorical, imported and Reston

4 imported or locally transmitted cases during the West Africa epidemic, including 2 nurses infected in Dallas; separately, Reston virus events in imported monkeys from 1989, which caused seroconversion but no illness

First reported 1989
Where Dallas; Reston; New York

Southeast Asia 1 country

PhilippinesReston virus only, no human illness

Repeated Reston virus events in monkey export facilities and pig farms; workers seroconverted but none became ill. Reston is the only Ebola species not known to cause human disease

First reported 1989
Where Manila; Laguna

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Africa 13 countries

Europe 6 countries

North America 1 country

Southeast Asia 1 country