Ebola may have been running rampant in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since January, with local officials tracing the latest outbreak of the killer virus back to a patient zero at the turn of the year. But, for some reason, that information was withheld from international NGOs by medical officials until last week, with local medics admitting that they believe the 2026 outbreak began with a patient treated at a hospital in the eastern DRC village of Rwampara. Local medics say patient