The Virginia Department of Health has announced that the 2026 measles outbreak in Buckingham County has expanded geographically to include Cumberland County. The outbreak in Buckingham County was first reported on May 13. The geographic expansion of this outbreak means that outbreak vaccination recommendations are also expanding to now include Cumberland County visitors and residents. The outbreak area is being expanded because VDH is seeing evidence of community transmission in Cumberland County. No specific public exposure locations have been identified at this time. However, during this ongoing outbreak, Cumberland County residents and visitors are at a higher risk of exposure to measles.  

For updates on the outbreak, please visit the measles dashboard (updated at noon on Tuesdays and Thursdays). Additional information for healthcare providers can be found on the VDH measles website.  

VDH continues to closely monitor the large and concerning Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda. Travelers from affected areas are being monitored by public health. To date, no Ebola cases associated with this outbreak have been reported in the United States, and the risk to the general public remains low.  

Healthcare facilities are encouraged to be aware of the process for evaluating patients with international travel and signs and symptoms of Ebola. Healthcare facilities and providers should review CDC’s “Think Ebola” factsheet and be prepared to assess and identify patients who have risk factors for Ebola disease.  

Additional information and resources for healthcare professionals are available on the VDH Ebola website including the slides and recording from a Virginia Emergency Management Program webinar for hospitals on May 29, 2026.  

VDH, the D.C. Department of Health, the Maryland Department of Health, and CDC have been investigating an outbreak of New Delhi Metallo-Beta-Lactamase (NDM)-producing hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae infections in the National Capital Region. As of June 23rd, 14 cases have been reported with one patient receiving care at a Virginia healthcare facility. VDH worked with the Virginia facility on public health containment measures and no additional Virginia cases have been identified to date. All Virginia healthcare facilities should remain vigilant to rapidly identify and stop the spread of these concerning multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO) and continue to implement the following measures: 

• Forward carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales isolates to the Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services (DCLS) and report cases and/or clusters of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales to your local health department. 
  • Resources: Virginia Regulations for Disease Reporting and Control, DCLS Submission Form, VDH Special Edition Multidrug-resistant Organism (MDRO) Newsletter 
• Ensure the implementation of appropriate infection prevention and control practices. 
  • Resources: VDH Infection Prevention and Control website, VDH Cleaning, Disinfection, and Sterilization website, VDH Carbapenem-resistant Organism website 
• Communicate MDRO status of patients/residents during all transfers so proper precautions are implemented. 
  • Resources: Virginia Healthcare-Associated Infections Advisory Group MDRO Communication Guide for Hospitals and Long-Term Care Facilities  

• Strengthening Infection Prevention in Virginia: Free Support for Healthcare Facilities  

VDH’s Regional Infection Prevention Program offers no cost, nonregulatory infection prevention and control (IPC) support to healthcare and congregate care facilities across the Commonwealth.  Whether you want to strengthen routine practices or need help during an urgent infection concern, VDH Regional Infection Preventionists (IPs) are ready to partner with you.  

• Stay Ahead with Proactive IPC Assessments  

Onsite proactive IPC assessments can help your facility identify strengths, uncover improvement opportunities, and boost readiness for regulatory surveys and emerging infectious threats. Using standardized tools and extensive crossfacility experience, VDH Regional IPs provide tailored recommendations and ongoing follow-up all at no cost.   

The Infection Prevention Educator Roadshow is back with five in-person sessions across Virginia this summer! Hosted by the VDH HAI/AR Program, this no cost one-day event offers hands-on training and practical teaching strategies for those who train healthcare workers.   

• Strengthen Your Educator Toolkit: Built for infection preventionists, designated infection control officers, and health educators ready to grow their infection prevention teaching skills, whether you’re just getting started or looking to sharpen and refresh what you already do. 

• Build It as You Learn: With new hands-on exercises and more dedicated build time than ever, you’ll create ready-to-use education you can bring back and use right away. 

• Use It Tomorrow: Walk away with a take-home bag of practical, ready-to-use educator tools so you can confidently train your teams on infection prevention right away. 

Register for the Roadshow on TRAIN Virginia, search for Course ID: 1136620 or Title: VDH: 2026 Infection Prevention Educator Roadshow. 

✴️ Cuppa Tea with an IP. Cuppa Tea with an IP is a weekly chance to chat live with a VDH IP and subject matter experts about your infection prevention and control questions. We can’t wait to hear your questions and see how we can help. Register once for the Cuppa Tea with an IP meetings and attend whenever you have questions or need a little IP peer boost.

✴️ Vitamin IPC. Subscribe to the monthly Vitamin IPC bulletin by the Virginia Infection Prevention Training Alliance (VIPTA) for essential resources and access to events to enhance frontline healthcare personnel’s infection prevention and control training.

✴️ Clinician Letter. This emailed letter is sent to all currently licensed healthcare professionals in the Commonwealth to communicate urgent updates. Access archived letters at Clinician Letters - Clinicians (virginia.gov) 

✴️ Healthcare Professional Newsletter. A subscriber-based monthly newsletter for Virginia healthcare professionals with updates on outbreaks, emerging diseases, reporting requirements, resources, and trainings. Subscribe and access archived newsletters at Healthcare Professional Newsletter - Clinicians (virginia.gov)