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WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Central Africa a public health emergency after 80 suspected deaths
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The World Health Organization declared an Ebola outbreak in Central Africa an international public health emergency on Sunday after dozens of suspected deaths were reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighboring Uganda.
The outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo virus, does not meet the criteria for a pandemic emergency, the WHO said.
The declaration follows reports of 80 suspected deaths, eight laboratory-confirmed cases and 246 suspected cases as of Saturday across at least three health zones in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including Bunia, Rwampara and Mongbwalu.
The development comes as global health officials continue monitoring a rare hantavirus outbreak tied to the MV Hondius cruise ship, which left multiple passengers and crew members sick, and caused three deaths.
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A health worker sprays disinfectant on a colleague after working at an Ebola treatment center in Beni, eastern Congo, on Sept. 9, 2018. (Al-hadji Kudra Maliro/AP)
As of May 13, the WHO said 11 hantavirus cases had been identified in connection with the cruise outbreak, including eight confirmed cases, two probable cases and one inconclusive case.
In neighboring Uganda’s capital, Kampala, the WHO said two apparently unrelated laboratory-confirmed Ebola cases — including one death — were reported Friday and Saturday involving people who had traveled from the DRC.
Another laboratory-confirmed case was reported in the DRC capital of Kinshasa involving a person returning from Ituri province.
Initial tests suggested the outbreak does not involve the Ebola Zaire strain, which caused Congo’s devastating 2018–2020 epidemic that killed more than 1,000 people.
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Health workers wearing protective suits tend to an Ebola victim in an isolation tent in Beni, Congo, on July 13, 2019. (Jerome Delay/AP)
However, unlike Ebola-Zaire strains, there are currently no approved vaccines or therapeutics for the Bundibugyo strain, which the WHO described as making the outbreak «extraordinary.»
The WHO warned the outbreak could be larger than currently reported due to the high positivity rate among initial samples and the growing number of suspected cases.
The outbreak also poses a public health risk to other countries, the WHO said, urging nations to activate emergency-management systems and implement cross-border screening measures.
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Ambulances parked at Bunia General Referral Hospital following confirmation of an Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 16, 2026. (REUTERS/Victoire Mukenge)
Ebola is a highly contagious and often fatal disease spread through bodily fluids, including blood, vomit and semen. Symptoms can include fever, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle pain and internal bleeding.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus recently said Congo has a «strong track record» responding to Ebola outbreaks while announcing the release of $500,000 in emergency funding to support containment efforts.
The WHO said it will convene an emergency committee to review recommendations for how affected countries should respond.
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Health workers dressed in protective gear begin their shift at an Ebola treatment center in Beni, Congo, on July 16, 2019. (Jerome Delay/AP)
The organization did not recommend border closures or travel restrictions.
Congo has now recorded 17 Ebola outbreaks since the virus was first identified in the country in 1976.
Fox News Digital’s Jasmine Baehr and Brittany Miller, along with Reuters, contributed to this report.
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EXCLUSIVE: Revenue figures from the Delaney Hall ICE detention center’s commissary may undercut Democrats’ claims that a reported «hunger strike» is rippling through the Newark facility, as commissary spending surged during the reported strike period.
A slew of Democrats have toured the facility and reported allegedly dire conditions and rotten food, but a source familiar with Delaney Hall’s operations disputed their claims.
The source said Delaney Hall’s commissary — where inmates can purchase snacks and sundries — saw its revenue triple during the time period characterized by a hunger strike.
When asked about the claim, the Department of Homeland Security backed it up and shared revenue data with Fox News Digital that supported the argument that detainees continued purchasing substantial amounts of food from the commissary during the reported hunger strike period.
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Protestors, politicians and ICE agents gather outside Delaney Hall, an immigration facility in Newark, N.J., on May 27, 2026. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)
Regional news outlets like Gothamist reported that men housed at Delaney Hall had begun a hunger and labor strike around May 23.
Soon after, Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., went to the center, echoed those reports and was later caught in pepper-spray crossfire when outside agitators sparred with ICE agents guarding the entrance.
Other lawmakers like Reps. Robert Menendez Jr. and Bonnie Watson-Coleman, D-N.J., made similar assertions.
On Thursday, a DHS spokesperson told Fox News Digital the claims have been a «hoax» and provided data that lined up with what the source familiar had said.
On May 26, Delaney Hall housed 724 individuals and its commissary took in $11,498 in revenue for the prior week.
As the hunger strike period progressed, that number shot up week over week.
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On June 1, the population inside had decreased to 621, but the commissary recorded weekly sales topping $30,000.
Despite a 14% drop in detainee population, commissary revenue nearly tripled, and DHS officials suggested that detainees involved in the «strike» were instead eschewing their scheduled meals in exchange for snacks.
«The hunger strike hoax was actually just Delaney Hall detainees trading nutritious meals for Honey Buns and Hot Cheetos,» Deputy Press Secretary Lauren Bis said.
«It’s time for sanctuary politicians to drop the political theater and work with us to get criminal illegal aliens out of our communities.»
Bis was backed up by her boss, Secretary Markwayne Mullin, who testified before Congress that much of the dispute stemmed from inmates balking at Americanized fare that did not match foods from their home countries.
Mullin quipped that Delaney Hall is not intended to be a «Holiday Inn.»
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A commissary menu provided by DHS showed scores of items inmates are able to purchase, including lotions, birthday cards, Cheetos, summer sausage and Hawaiian Punch.
Characterizations of the facility’s conditions were also less pointed this week after Rep. Herb Conaway Jr., D-N.J., discussed his Wednesday tour with neighboring Rep. Donald Norcross, D-N.J.
Conaway, who represents Kim’s former Burlington County district, said in a statement he was «horrified and outraged» by reports of inhumane conditions and alleged lack of due process.
Protestors, politicians and ICE agents gathered outside Delaney Hall, an immigration facility in Newark, N.J., on May 27, 2026. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)
Conaway — who is a physician — said he and Norcross toured the mess hall and infirmary, and while he demanded ICE shut the facility down until Trenton officials can conduct a formal inspection and review, he did not witness «major concerns» during the visit.
«I had the opportunity, along with Congressman Norcross, to meet with about 20 women. Some have been here for over a year. Others have been a certain several months. Many of them had concerns, a lot of concerns. Some regarding their health. Most had family members, children; loved ones outside of this facility and certainly they miss them very deeply and want to get back to their lives,» Conaway said in a separate recorded statement outside the gate.
«It’s critical that the appropriate state authorities get into this building and get into this right away, do their job, and then let the public understand what’s going on. I think that’ll be better for everybody if that’s done.»
Last week, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., joined other lawmakers on a separate tour and offered a different assessment:
Nadler began speaking out against conditions at the center before he even reached the microphone, alleging the «food is very sparse» and that inmates eat only at 4 a.m., noon and 4 p.m.
ICE agents aside from New Jersey Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital; Governor Mikie Sherrill)
«And very often, they eat maggots in the food,» he said, making an allegation denied by DHS officials.
He also claimed medical services were limited and that inmates were waiting a long time for treatment, an allegation protesters also shouted at ICE agents later in the day.
However, ambulances from a local Newark hospital regularly arrived throughout the day on Wednesday and Thursday, appearing to contradict claims that detainees were not receiving treatment.
With lawmakers like Nadler alleging sparse food and unsanitary conditions, DHS officials argued that the commissary figures undercut claims that detainees were broadly refusing food during the reported hunger strike.
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Ucrania lanzó cientos de drones contra San Petersburgo y dañó una base naval rusa y un depósito de petróleo
Ucrania lanzó cientos de drones contra Rusia en las primeras horas de este sábado, muchos de ellos contra la región de San Petersburgo, donde se celebró el último día del foro económico más importante del país.
Los ataques dejaron al menos un muerto y provocaron el incendio de un depósito de petróleo en el sur.
Se trata del segundo ataque ucraniano contra la ciudad en menos de una semana, y el Servicio de Seguridad de Ucrania (SBU) afirmó que golpearon una base naval.
Rusia y Ucrania intensificaron los ataques con drones en los últimos meses, mientras los esfuerzos diplomáticos liderados por Estados Unidos para poner fin a la guerra, que está en su quinto año, siguen estancados.
El viernes, el presidente ruso, Vladimir Putin, rechazó la propuesta de reunirse de su homólogo ucraniano, Volodimir Zelenski, que le acusó de elegir “nuevamente la guerra”.
Según el Ministerio de Defensa ruso, las defensas antiaéreas interceptaron el sábado un total de 376 drones “sobre las regiones de Bélgorod, Briansk, Kaluga, Kursk, Leningrado, Nóvgorod, Oriol, Pskov, Rostov, Riazán, Smolensk, Tver y Tula, la región de Moscú, la República de Crimea, la República de Abjasia, y sobre las aguas de los mares de Azov y Negro”. Rusia informó que sus defensas antiaéreas interceptaron el sábado un total de 376 drones (Foto: Televisión Pública de Azerbaiyán/REUTERS.)
Más de 140 fueron derribados en la región de Leningrado, que rodea San Petersburgo, según el gobernador Aleksandr Drozdenko.
Por su parte, el gobernador de la segunda ciudad rusa, Aleksandr Beglov, emitió una llamada inusual a los residentes para que permanecieran en sus hogares durante el ataque.
“Las defensas antiaéreas rusas evitaron cualquier daño. El estado de tres heridos se evalúa como leve y han sido dados de alta”, declaró.
El SBU afirmó que habían atacado la base naval de Kronstadt, así como “el 15º Arsenal de la Armada rusa en la región de Leningrado”.
En el sur ruso, en la ciudad de Ust-Labinsk, los drones provocaron un incendio en un depósito de petróleo.
Y en la región occidental de Tver, los restos de un dron mataron a un hombre, según funcionarios locales.
La declaración del mandatario ucraniano
Zelenski describió los ataques como una “respuesta justa” a la agresión rusa contra Ucrania.
“Es hora de terminar esta guerra. Pero el gobernante de Rusia quiere seguir luchando. Por eso, las sanciones ucranianas contra esta agresión están funcionando”, declaró en X.
Los ataques se producen un día después de que Putin rechazara una reunión con Zelenski. Drones rusos mataron a cuatro personas al impactar contra una fábrica de productos lácteos cerca de Kiev el viernes 5 de junio. (Foto: AFP/Ukrainian Emergency Service).
El viernes, durante el Foro Económico Internacional de San Petersburgo (SPIEF), un evento conocido como el “Davos ruso”, Putin dijo que no le veía “sentido” a reunirse con el líder ucraniano hasta que se acuerde la paz.
“Putin perdió su oportunidad de salir de su guerra fallida”, replicó el sábado el ministro de Exteriores de Ucrania, Andrii Sibiga.
Cientos de miles de personas han muerto desde el inicio de la ofensiva a gran escala en Ucrania en febrero de 2022, que Rusia denomina “operación militar especial”.
Amplias zonas del este y sur de Ucrania fueron destruidas y millones de personas han sido desplazadas de sus hogares en la campaña de cuatro años con la que Moscú esperaba derrocar en cuestión de días el gobierno de Kiev.
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En paralelo, Rusia reanudó este sábado sus ataques contra Ucrania.
Un dron ruso mató a un hombre de 64 años en la región meridional de Nicolaiev, mientras que un ataque en la cercana región de Zaporiyia hirió a un niño de 10 años y a su padre, según las autoridades regionales.
También en la región de Zaporiyia, las autoridades encontraron los cuerpos de dos hombres que habían desaparecido tras un ataque, declaró el gobernador regional, Ivan Fedorov.
En la región central de Dnipropetrovsk, los ataques con drones y artillería rusa mataron a una persona y dejaron a otras tres heridas, indicó el gobernador regional, Oleksandr Ganzha, en Telegram.
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