2018-19 Kivu Ebola epidemic

The 2018–19 Kivu Ebola epidemic began on 1 August 2018, when it was confirmed that four cases had tested positive for Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the eastern region of Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This outbreak started just days after the end of the outbreak in Équateur province. The Kivu outbreak includes Ituri Province, after the first case was confirmed on 13 August, and as of June 2019, the virus has spread to Uganda, having infected a 5-year-old Congolese boy who entered Uganda with his family for medical care. In November 2018, the outbreak became the biggest in the DRC's history, and by November, the outbreak had become the second largest outbreak in recorded history, behind only the 2013–2016 West Africa epidemic.