The head of the World Health Organization on Monday visited Uganda, where a deadly Ebola outbreak has killed two people after spreading from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The WHO has declared an international health emergency over the current outbreak, which was announced on May 15 in the northeastern DRC. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus recently also visited the DRC, which has seen 515 confirmed Ebola infections, including 91 deaths, according to the UN...
Ebola border shutdown leaves goods rotting between Uganda and DRC
A deadly Ebola outbreak in the DRC is spreading across borders, with no approved vaccine or treatment for this strain.
Workers in eastern DR Congo are rebuilding an Ebola treatment centre that was burned by protesters earlier this month.
'Stopping this Ebola transmission depends entirely on humanitarian access,' said Tedros, the WHO chief.
Doctor buried after he died treating Ebola patients in DRC
With almost 750 suspected Ebola cases in the DRC, health measures intensified along the DRC–Uganda border
An escalating outbreak of a rare Ebola strain in the Democratic Republic of Congo has kicked off a race to find vaccines and treatments that can be quickly tested and rolled out to save lives and stem the crisis. More than 130 people have died so far during the outbreak, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, as WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated he was “deeply concerned about the scale and speed of the epidemic”. Tedros pointed to the emergence of cases in urban...
Health workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are restoring Ebola treatment centres.
The World Health Organization chief voiced concern on Tuesday about the “scale and speed” of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo which has killed an estimated 131 people. The WHO has declared the surge of the highly contagious haemorrhagic fever an international health emergency and was expected to hold an emergency meeting on the crisis on Tuesday. No vaccine or therapeutic treatment exists for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola responsible for the latest outbreak of the disease,...
Hong Kong authorities should step up preventive measures and issue a travel alert to warn residents against visiting parts of central Africa as an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda threatens to worsen, an infectious disease expert has said. The World Health Organization declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on Sunday. Soon after, the Hong Kong government announced it would strengthen health screenings of incoming passengers at the...
The Democratic Republic of Congo has faced repeated Ebola outbreaks.
The new Ebola outbreak has been reported in the towns of Rwampara, Mongwalu, and Bunia in northeastern DRC
Africa CDC concerned that outbreak of Bundibugyo strain could spread rapidly due to intense population movement.