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 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, 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...
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA / MENA Newswire / — Africa’s top public health body and the World Health Organization launched a $518 million Ebola response plan on June 5, as health authorities worked to contain a Bundibugyo Ebola...
WHO says Congo Ebola response is advancing as testing improves, but contact tracing, insecurity and supply strains slow control efforts....
Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo rose to 282, with Ituri accounting for most confirmed infections in the eastern outbreak....
DRC health authorities confirmed an Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in Ituri, reporting 80 deaths, 246 suspected cases and a widened response....