Two babies from Congo orphanage die of Ebola, highlighting risk to children
Congolese medical workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) carry children from Saint Nicholas Orphanage after they tested negative for Ebola in Bunia, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 9, 2026.
After her mother died in late May, baby Buswaza was brought to a church-run orphanage in eastern Congo where the nuns quickly discovered the newborn was running a fever. Within days, she died from what they later found out was Ebola.
Carers and medics said that after her death six other babies were identified as suspected Ebola cases at the orphanage of 69 children in Bunia - a city in Ituri province at the epicentre of the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
