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Congo's Ebola outbreak spreads to new health zones

Congo's Ebola outbreak spreads to new health zones

Africa's Centre for Disease Control is concerned about the low number of contacts of Ebola patients in Congo that have been identified and traced.

Shortages stall Ebola testing in three DR Congo labs

Shortages stall Ebola testing in three DR Congo labs

Shortages stall Ebola testing in three DR Congo labs

Shortages stall Ebola testing in three DR Congo labs

The World Health Organisation says three laboratories in the Democratic Republic of Congo ‌have run out of supplies to test for the Bundibugyo species of Ebola.

Ebola cases climbing in Democratic Republic of Congo

Ebola cases climbing in Democratic Republic of Congo

Ebola cases climbing in Democratic Republic of Congo

Ebola cases climbing in Democratic Republic of Congo

The number of confirmed Ebola cases in The Democratic Republic of Congo continues to climb, with nearly 600 recorded, while more than 100 people have died.

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Ebola deaths rise to 100 as conflict slows response

Ebola deaths rise to 100 as conflict slows response

The death toll from an Ebola outbreak that began in eastern Congo has hit 100, as protests and armed conflict continue to hinder efforts to stop the outbreak.

Ebola cases hit 389 in DR Congo, including 63 deaths

Ebola cases hit 389 in DR Congo, including 63 deaths

Residents have attacked an Ebola burial team in the Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province amid an increase in the number of confirmed cases.

Ebola testing improving amid Congo violence: WHO chief

Ebola testing improving amid Congo violence: WHO chief

The World Health Organisation chief says Congo's Ebola outbreak had a head start but testing is improving, even as violence plagues the region.

Deadly protest in Kenya against Ebola quarantine centre

Deadly protest in Kenya against Ebola quarantine centre

Kenya's president has defended a planned US Ebola quarantine centre that's been delayed by a court and faced angry protests that left two people dead.

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WHO boss wraps up 'challenging' trip to Ebola-hit Congo

WHO boss wraps up 'challenging' trip to Ebola-hit Congo

WHO boss wraps up 'challenging' trip to Ebola-hit Congo

WHO boss wraps up 'challenging' trip to Ebola-hit Congo

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says Ebola testing needs ramp up in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Olympic champ Kennedy fires on Diamond League return

Olympic champ Kennedy fires on Diamond League return

Olympic champ Kennedy fires on Diamond League return

Olympic champ Kennedy fires on Diamond League return

Australia's Olympic pole vault champion Nina Kennedy soared to victory at the Rabat Diamond League, while Eleanor Patterson finished second in the high jump.

WHO chief says five Ebola cases have recovered

WHO chief says five Ebola cases have recovered

WHO chief says five Ebola cases have recovered

WHO chief says five Ebola cases have recovered

WHO boss Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says while there's no vaccine or treatment for Ebola caused by the Bundibugyo virus, it can be survived with medical care.

WHO chief urges safe burials in visit to DR Congo

WHO chief urges safe burials in visit to DR Congo

WHO chief urges safe burials in visit to DR Congo

WHO chief urges safe burials in visit to DR Congo

The head of the World Health Organisation is visiting the centre of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo as Brazil probes a suspected case.

WHO chief rallies Congo's Ebola response

WHO chief rallies Congo's Ebola response

WHO chief rallies Congo's Ebola response

WHO chief rallies Congo's Ebola response

Aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres says the latest Ebola outbreak is spreading at an unprecedented pace.

WHO reports 906 suspected Ebola cases in DR Congo

WHO reports 906 suspected Ebola cases in DR Congo

WHO reports 906 suspected Ebola cases in DR Congo

WHO reports 906 suspected Ebola cases in DR Congo

The head of the World Health Organisation is travelling to the Democratic Republic of Congo to oversee efforts to battle an outbreak of Ebola.

Uganda closes border with DR Congo to curb Ebola spread

Uganda closes border with DR Congo to curb Ebola spread

Uganda closes border with DR Congo to curb Ebola spread

Uganda closes border with DR Congo to curb Ebola spread

Ugandan authorities have ordered the closure of the border with the Democratic Republic ‌of Congo as cases surge there of a rare type of Ebola.

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Fast-moving Ebola outpacing response efforts: WHO chief

WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus ‌says a delay in ‌detecting ⁠Ebola cases means responders are "playing catch-up".

More than 900 suspected Ebola cases reported in Congo

More than ‌900 ‌suspected Ebola cases and 119 ‌deaths ⁠have now been recorded ⁠in the Democratic ‌Republic of Congo as the virus spreads.

Congo reports more than 200 suspected Ebola deaths

More than 200 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo have died from Ebola, as authorities battle to control the outbreak, with nearly 900 cases reported.

Uganda confirms new Ebola cases as tracing steps up

Uganda's Ebola cases have risen to five, as authorities warn the risk of a epidemic is "very high" in neighbouring Congo, where the outbreak began.

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Senegal's president sacks PM, dissolves government

Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has fired Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko in a decision announced during a late-night broadcast.

WHO warns of high risk that Ebola 'spreading rapidly'

The World Health Organisation is revising upward its assessment of the risk of Ebola within the Democratic Republic of ‌Congo.

Protesters set fire to Ebola tents in dispute over body

Tents have been burned to the ground at an Ebola treatment centre in eastern Congo as people rioted after being stopped from retrieving the body of a local man.

Ebola case confirmed in rebel-held area of DR Congo

A rebel-held area of the Democratic Republic of Congo - hundreds of kilometres from an Ebola outbreak's epicentre - has recorded a fatal case of ‌the disease.

Ebola was likely circulating in Congo for two months

Experts suspect an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo started a couple of months ago, with 139 deaths reported so far.

Ebola toll to grow after virus quietly spread for weeks

Scores of people have died from Africa's Ebola outbreak and that number is expected to keep rising given how long the virus was able to circulate undetected.

Dozens killed in drone strike on Sudan market

A local rights group says a drone strike on a market in central Sudan has killed 28 people and wounded dozens more.

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