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Political games hinder efforts to end Ebola outbreak in Congo: WHO
Attempts to end the second worst Ebola outbreak on record are being hampered by 'political games' and distrust of outsiders in two towns in Democratic Republic of Congo, a senior World Health Organisation official said on Monday.
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UN shifts response as Ebola outbreak in DR Congo drags on
More than 1,000 people have died from the virus - the second deadliest outbreak on record after the epidemic that killed 11,300 people in West Africa in 2014-2016.
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Congo registers record of 27 new Ebola cases in one day
The previous record was 110 confirmed cases a couple of weeks ago.
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More food aid could boost fight against Ebola in Congo - agencies
Public mistrust is a major obstacle to stopping the epidemic, which has infected more than 1,300 people and killed 880 in eastern Congo since July.
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Ebola worker killed at hospital in eastern DRC
The attack is the latest in a string of assaults on teams grappling with a near nine-month-old Ebola outbreak that has claimed almost 850 lives.
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Ebola is real, Congo president tells skeptical population
It is surpassed only by the 2013-2016 outbreak in West Africa, in which more than 28,000 cases were reported and more than 11,000 people died.
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WHO experts to decide whether Congo Ebola outbreak is international emergency
At least 740 people have died among the more than 1,100 infected in this epidemic, which began in August 2018.
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Congo Ebola outbreak ‘far from contained’, says US aid chief
The Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 600 people.
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Ebola toll tops 700 in DR Congo
The current outbreak is the second worst to date, the deadliest being a 2014 epidemic in West Africa which killed more than 10,000 people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
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People skills at heart of DR Congo's long fight against Ebola
Against the odds, a nurse not only survived the haemorrhagic virus, whose outbreak has claimed nearly 700 lives, but has also returned to the fray.
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Congo Ebola outbreak spreading faster than ever - WHO
Each of the past two weeks has registered a record number of new cases, marking a sharp setback for efforts to respond to the second biggest outbreak ever, as militia violence and community resistance have impeded access to affected areas.
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WHO says aiming to halt DRC Ebola outbreak within six months
The ongoing Ebola outbreak, the 10th in DRC’s history, emerged in North Kivu in August 2018 and then spread to neighbouring Ituri province.
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Ebola response in DR Congo 'failing' to contain outbreak: MSF
Seven months into the outbreak, 'the Ebola response is failing to bring the epidemic under control,' Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said in a statement.
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Ebola treatment centre in Congo reopens after attack - ministry
The facility in the city of Butembo was one of two centres torched by unknown assailants in the space of a few days, prompting Medecins Sans Frontieres to suspend medical activities.
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Two DR Congo soldiers killed by Ebola virus: army
Doctor Michel Tosalisa, in charge of the affected Beni region, confirmed two soldiers were among the latest Ebola victims.
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Medical workers, WHO straining to stop Ebola spreading in DRC
The deadly haemorrhagic disease broke out in a conflict zone and is barely contained within porous borders.
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Ebola death toll surges in DR Congo
The rising death toll - up by more than 40 in the past 10 days - emphasises the challenge of controlling the epidemic in the strife-torn country.
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Congo records one-day record for confirmed Ebola cases
The outbreak of the haemorrhagic fever in the eastern provinces of North Kivu and Ituri is already the second-largest in history with 713 confirmed and probable cases and 439 deaths.
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Ten reasons to be optimistic in 2019
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