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Africa's top health body warns Congo’s Ebola outbreak is rapidly spreading beyond epicenter
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (369+ words) Jean-Yves Kamale And Mark Banchereau KINSHASA – The fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record in eastern Congo is rapidly spreading beyond its epicenter, Africa’s top health body said Thursday. In recent weeks, new cases and deaths have declined in Ituri province, the…...
Congo's Ebola outbreak records one of its highest weekly death tolls yet
2+ week, 5+ day ago (410+ words) BUNIA – More than 300 people died of Ebola in eastern Congo in the past week, one of the highest weekly tolls yet, government data showed Monday, as health workers struggle to catch up with an outbreak that is spreading at unprecedented…...
Congo to receive 70,000 doses of Ervebo Ebola vaccine which has been effective in past outbreaks
3+ week, 2+ day ago (265+ words) BUNIA – Congo will receive 70,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine, which has been effective in past Ebola outbreaks, the World Health Organization and partners said Thursday, announcing a step seen as a major boost to efforts to contain what officials have…...
What to know about the outbreak of a rare kind of Ebola
3+ week, 3+ day ago (930+ words) The outbreak is caused by the Bundibugyo virus, a rare type of Ebola that has no approved vaccine or treatment. Congo’s Ministry of Health had recorded 5,021 cases, including 2,378 deaths, as of Sunday. The outbreak is already the worst ever caused…...
Congo’s Ebola outbreak reaches 5,000 cases as it outpaces response efforts at unprecedented speed
3+ week, 3+ day ago (334+ words) MySA Data from Congoâs Ministry of Health showed the outbreak had so far recorded 5,021 cases, including 2,378 deaths as of Sunday, as it rages in some of the most challenging conditions imaginable fueled by insecurity, displacement and intense population movements…...
Congo’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak reaches a sixth province
4+ week, 2+ day ago (354+ words) Kaseya said the man had traveled from Isiro in Haut-Uele province to Buta, the capital of Bas-Uele, where he died. The outbreak in eastern Congo, considered the fastest-growing one yet, is on track to surpass the deadliest one in history,…...
No Ebola cases found on quarantined river boat, Congo authorities say
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (360+ words) The confirmation announced on Saturday eased concerns that the rare Bundibugyo virus might spread to the Congolese capital. More than 200 boat passengers were placed in quarantine on Thursday in the port of Maluku, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Kinshasa, after one traveler…...
One man works to slow the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history, and he's doing it unpaid
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (543+ words) MySA...
WHO chief arrives in Congo to support Ebola response as cases near 4,000
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (292+ words) The Ebola outbreak reached 3,874 cases, including 1,751 deaths as of Monday, according to the latest data published overnight by Congo’s Ministry of Health. The outbreak has eclipsed all other Ebola outbreaks in history in terms of rate of transmission and is…...
Ebola outbreak is worsening food insecurity in eastern Congo, UN agency chief warns
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (513+ words) Constant Same Bagalwa And Prosper Heri Ngorora Speaking during a visit to Ituri province, Carl Skau, acting executive director of the World Food Program, described the outbreak as a “crisis on top of a crisis” that has compounded a catastrophic…...