Medical worker disinfect equipments before the burial of a suspected Ebola victim in Bunia, Ituri Province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on May 21, 2026. (File photo: Xinhua)

KINSHASA, July 22 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Africa surpassed 1,000 on Wednesday, according to the latest figures released by health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.