The World Health Organization has expanded laboratory testing, treatment capacity and field operations across affected areas. WHO has shipped more than 330 tonnes of emergency supplies and deployed over 300 experts. Health authorities now operate...
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The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has become the deadliest in the country's history. Government data showed 4,945 confirmed cases and 2,325 deaths as of Aug. 16. Health officials recorded 101...
DR Congo’s Ebola outbreak has killed 1,916 people and produced 4,209 confirmed cases, according to official data through Aug. 7. Ituri remains the center of the epidemic, with 3,636 confirmed cases and 1,551 deaths. North...
The Ebola outbreak in DR Congo has become the country’s largest recorded epidemic. Health authorities counted 3,605 confirmed cases through July 30, including 1,587 deaths. The case fatality rate stood at 44%. Teams logged 567...
KINSHASA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO / RankWire.AI / – The Democratic Republic of the Congo has recorded 2,267 confirmed Ebola cases and 893 deaths since the outbreak began in May. The latest government count...
KINSHASA, DR CONGO / MENA Newswire / – The Democratic Republic of the Congo reported 1,307 confirmed Ebola cases and 377 deaths late Monday, marking another rise in the outbreak in the country’s east. Authorities...
KINSHASA, CONGO / MENA Newswire / – Confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have risen to 896, including 232 deaths, according to the latest government situation data. The increase included 21...
BUNIA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO / MENA Newswire / – Confirmed Ebola cases in DR Congo have risen to 689, with 139 deaths, as health authorities confront a fast-moving outbreak caused by Bundibugyo virus....
KINSHASA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO / MENA Newswire / – The Democratic Republic of the Congo has reported 598 confirmed Ebola cases and 115 deaths in its latest update on the outbreak in the...
WHO says Congo Ebola response is advancing as testing improves, but contact tracing, insecurity and supply strains slow control efforts....