Ebola: DRC Records 964 New Ebola Cases, 511 Deaths in Two Weeks
DR Congo – The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has recorded 964 additional confirmed Ebola cases and 511 deaths since the World Health…
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DRC Ebola Outbreak Records 80 New Cases Daily – WHO Warns
DR Congo – The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is recording between 50 and 80 new confirmed Ebola cases daily, with the outbreak…
WHO Condemns Attack on Ebola Responders That Killed Nurse in DR Congo
DR Congo – A nurse has been killed and another health worker seriously injured in an attack on Ebola responders in the Democratic Republic…
Uganda Seeks Nigeria’s Ebola Travel Details
UGANDA – Uganda has asked Nigeria for detailed travel and clinical information about a Nigerian woman who tested positive for Ebola after travelling through…
Kenya Reports Nine Ebola Cases as Eight Recover
NAIROBI, Kenya – Kenya has confirmed nine Ebola cases, with eight surviving patients improving under medical care as health authorities intensify contact tracing to…
Kenya Confirms First Imported Bundibugyo Virus Case
NAIROBI, Kenya – Kenya has confirmed its first imported case of Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD) after a Kenyan national died in Nairobi, prompting authorities…
DRC Ebola Outbreak Kills 1,587, Spreads Across Five Provinces
GENEVA, Switzerland – The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Ebola outbreak has become the country’s largest on record, claiming 1,587 lives and infecting…
Africa CDC Warns Ebola Cases Outpace Response
NAIROBI, Kenya – The Africa CDC Ebola response has recorded important gains in containing the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo…
WHO Approves First Bundibugyo Ebola Test
ABUJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved the world’s first molecular diagnostic test for the Bundibugyo Ebola virus, a major breakthrough…
Ebola Response Delays Could Triple Outbreak Costs
ABUJA, Nigeria – African health leaders have warned that delays in containing the Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and…