On 11 May 2017, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was identified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as having one Ebola-related death.

Ebola can cause disease in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzees)."

[9] On 1 July 2017, DRC Minister of Public Health, Dr Oly Ilunga Kalenga, declared that the country had passed a 42-day period with no new recorded cases, and therefore the outbreak was over.

[6] Kenya and Rwanda have implemented information checking on arrival for passengers with a travel history from or through the DRC.

[17] As of 8 June the WHO is attempting to obtain and review Rwanda's public health rationale and relevant scientific information for implementing these measures.

[23] It is a single stranded RNA virus, with a 60-90 percent mortality rate (the highest among the strains).

[17] The virus took its name from the Ebola River near the village in Zaire (now the DRC) where the first documented outbreak occurred.