Recent confirmation of an Ebola Bundibugyo virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province, with 246 suspected cases and 80 suspected deaths reported as of mid-May 2026, prompted the World Health Organization to declare a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on May 17. This official designation, supported by laboratory-verified samples from the Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale and coordinated regional response from Africa CDC, meets standard criteria for an international emergency and has already occurred well before the June 30 threshold. Trader consensus reflects this definitive action, though minor resolution risk remains if criteria are later reinterpreted or additional data revisions alter the outbreak’s formal classification.