GENEVA — Nearly 500 Ebola cases have now been confirmed in the deadly outbreak raging in central Africa, a World Health Organization (WHO) overview showed on June 6, amid mounting concern over the swelling scale of the epidemic. In its daily update on the situation, the WHO tallied 452 confirmed cases, including 82 deaths, in […]
DAKAR/NAIROBI — The World Health Organization chief announced a $518 million six-month joint plan to fight Ebola on Friday, calling for money and political commitment to halt the spread of an outbreak that is already the fourth biggest on record. The strategy aims to help the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring Uganda contain their […]
GENEVA — The World Health Organisation (WHO) on May 29 announced the first recovery of a confirmed Ebola patient in the outbreak raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo. “The DRC has said that on May 27, a patient recovered and left the hospital and has been discharged into the community,” the WHO’s Ms Anais […]
BUNIA, DR CONGO — Dorcas Mapenzi fears the worst if Ebola comes to the Kingonze camp, where she lives alongside more than 25,000 other displaced people in the conflict-hit eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. “If Ebola comes, we’ll be wiped out as we’re packed like sardines,” the displaced woman told AFP at the sprawl of […]
GENEVA — The countries neighbouring the Democratic Republic of Congo are at high risk from Ebola and should act immediately to counter the virus, the World Health Organiation’s head said on Monday. “Countries bordering DRC are at especially high risk and should take immediate action,” said WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, adding that he would […]
GENEVA — The head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday the risk of global spread of the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda is high at national, regional levels but low at the global level. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said so far 51 cases have been confirmed in Congo in the northern […]
KINSHASA — 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 will hold an emergency meeting […]
KINSHASA, CONGO — At least 131 deaths and over 500 suspected cases have been reported in the ongoing Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo, the Congolese health ministry said Tuesday as details emerged about the government’s delayed response. Samuel Roger Kamba, the minister of public health, said: “513 suspected cases and 131 deaths have been recorded […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA — WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared the Ebola disease outbreak in Congo and neighboring Uganda a public health emergency of international concern on Sunday after more than 300 suspected cases and 88 deaths. In a post on X, the World Health Organization said the outbreak does not meet the criteria of a […]
KINSHASA — Africa’s top public health agency said on Friday that there was a confirmed Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province, with 65 deaths out of 246 suspected cases so far. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement that it was convening an urgent meeting with Congo, […]