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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
Some of these opportunities have been made possible by the World Economic Forum’s platform for public-private cooperation.
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Suspected Ebola case in Sweden - officials
No other details about the patient or how he or she may have contracted Ebola were disclosed.
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[ANALYSIS] Why Ebola is proving hard to beat in the DRC
Instability in the DRC and Ebola's deadly properties is making it hard to contain the virus.
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As Ebola threatens mega-cities, vaccine stockpile needs grow
As the virus finds its way out of rural villages into populous urban settings, plans for how to contain it in future must change too.
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In eastern DRC, 19 die of Ebola in five days
The outbreak, which began on 1 August, has now killed 241 people, the ministry said in a statement.
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Congo approves clinical trials for Ebola treatments
Health workers have already administered therapeutic treatments to more than 150 Ebola patients since August.
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Congo approves clinical trials for Ebola treatments
Health workers have already administered therapeutic treatments to more than 150 Ebola patients since August.
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Congo confirms near record number of new Ebola cases on Wednesday
Attacks by armed groups have hampered international efforts to control the outbreak, the worst in Congo’s history, which has infected over 380 people and killed two-thirds of them.
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Operations combating Ebola in DRC suspended after WHO workers attacked
This follows the shelling of a house accommodating World Health Organisation workers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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DR Congo Ebola response efforts resume in Beni after clashes: WHO
DR Congo's health ministry had announced a suspension of operations in Beni after deadly clashes erupted Friday just a 'few metres' from a local emergency centre and the hotels of several response teams.
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WHO: DRC’s Ebola outbreak to last at least six more months
Children in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are dying from Ebola at an unprecedented rate.
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Ebola outbreak in Congo proving to be worst in nation's history
Two hundred people have died of the deadly haemorrhagic disease and 300 cases have been reported.
