WHO's Bundibugyo notice turns contact lists into the outbreak's capacity test, with the agency reporting 2,635 contacts listed in Ituri and North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and 436 contacts listed in Uganda. [1]

That continues Monday's contact-follow-up argument, which said the hard response number is not only cases but whether the system can find, list, and follow exposed people, and Tuesday's notice gives the list without giving completed 21-day success. [1]

The distinction matters because a listed contact is a door opened in the response system, not a guarantee that the person was reached each day, stayed reachable, developed no symptoms, or completed the incubation window over three hard weeks of follow-up. [1]

WHO's notice also reported 16 confirmed cases among health and care workers in DRC, 774 samples collected, 648 analyzed, and 125 positive, making the outbreak a laboratory, workforce, and security story as much as a headline count. [1]

X will look for proof of coverup or proof of control, but the document supports neither neat slogan; it shows a response trying to turn names, samples, isolation, and community work into containment while insecurity and resistance remain operational constraints rather than a finished victory lap for readers. [1]

-- KENJI NAKAMURA, Tokyo