How the hosts are preparing for an Ebola outbreak during World Cup 2026
The US, Mexico and Canada have announced Ebola-related travel restrictions before the start of the World Cup.

The US, Mexico and Canada have announced Ebola-related travel restrictions before the start of the World Cup.



![Anti-riot police officers stand by as demonstrators protest against a proposed Ebola quarantine center to be established by the United States at Laikipia Air Base in Nanyuki, Kenya, Monday, June 1, 2026. [Andrew Kasuku/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/image-1780612429.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)




Hundreds have protested in central Kenya against a US-funded plan to quarantine Americans exposed to Ebola there.
Hundreds protest near the site of the planned facility, which would serve US nationals exposed to the virus.








More than 220 people are suspected to have died from the disease’s latest outbreak, which was declared two weeks ago.

Women bear the brunt of DRC’s Ebola outbreak.
WHO’s Tedros calls for a community-led fight as a rare Ebola strain spreads rapidly through conflict-hit eastern DRC.

WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is visiting Bunia in the DRC, the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak.
Workers in eastern DR Congo are rebuilding an Ebola treatment centre that was burned by protesters earlier this month.

WHO chief visits DRC amidst Ebola crisis and urges international community to increase support.
The plan to send Ebola-exposed US nationals to Kenya, which has no known cases of the virus, has provoked a backlash.