The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s 11th Ebola virus disease outbreak was announced on 1 June 2020 after a cluster of cases was detected in the Mbandaka area of Équateur Province. 

Genetic sequence analysis by the DRC's National Institute of Biomedical Research (INRB) found that the new virus circulating in the Equateur Province in western DRC is different from the one which has infected more than 3400 people in the eastern part of the country. The genetic sequencing analysis also found that the virus in this outbreak is distinct from the previous one that hit the same region in 2018. An investigation is ongoing to determine the source of the new outbreak, but it is likely that it originated from an animal source.

WHO has teams on the ground to support the Government-led response.