(260524) -- KINSHASA, May 24, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A health worker measures body temperature of a local resident at an entrance checkpoint to Bunia, Ituri Province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, May 23, 2026.
The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has temporarily suspended all passenger flights to and from Bunia, the capital of the northeastern Ituri Province that is the epicenter of the ongoing Ebola outbreak, the Ministry of Transport said on Saturday.
An Ebola outbreak was declared in Ituri on May 15, with Bunia among the main affected areas. According to an official statement, no aircraft will be allowed to land at or take off from Bunia Airport until further notice. (Str/Xinhua)
