Eyewitness News
  • Eyewitness News
  • Search
  • Latest
  • Local
  • Elections
  • Coronavirus
  • Politics
  • Opinion
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
  • Sport
  • Video
  • Podcasts
Go
FILE: A hygienist is seen inside an Ebola Treatment Centre run by The Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA) on 12 August 2018, in Beni. Picture: AFP

Ebola outbreak

US travel warning adds to pressure on Tanzania over suspected Ebola cases

By Reuters

US travellers should 'exercise increased caution', the State Department said on Friday in an updated travel advisory that cited reports of 'a probable...

  • FILE: Healthcare workers look after a patient with Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Johnson & Johnson will now introduce an Ebola vaccine. Picture: @WHO/Twitter.

    Hope as Ebola treatment proves to be 90% effective

    They produce antibodies that cling to the Ebola virus and destroy it.

    1092 days ago
  • The fight against Ebola: New treatment passes clinical trial

    Scientists are now a step closer to treating and preventing the deadly Ebola disease as two new drugs have passed the clinical trial phase.

    1092 days ago
  • FILE: A motor taxi driver gets his hands washed at an Ebola screening station on the road between Butembo and Goma on 16 July 2019 in Goma. Picture: AFP

    World Bank readies $300m to cover half of new Ebola response

    It said the funding would meet about half the needs of a new Ebola response plan that is due to be agreed by the Congolese government and an international consortium next week.

    1112 days ago
  • FILE: A hygienist is seen inside an Ebola Treatment Centre run by The Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA) on 12 August 2018, in Beni. Picture: AFP

    Congo health min resigns in protest over government handling of Ebola response

    In a resignation letter posted on his Twitter account, Ilunga decried 'interference in the management of the response' to the outbreak, which is the second deadliest in history.

    1114 days ago
  • FILE: As the DRC battles its 10th Ebola outbreak, WHO is supporting the nine neighbouring countries in strengthening surveillance and preparedness to prevent the disease’s spread. Picture: @WHOAFRO/Twitter

    WHO sounds Ebola alarm as risks intensify

    Despite a highly effective vaccine and a swift international response after it was declared 11 months ago, the outbreak has proved tenacious, becoming Congo’s worst ever.

    1118 days ago
  • FILE: In this file photo taken on 12 December 2018 a member of the medical staff of the Ebola Treatment Unit (ETU) puts on her Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) during a weekly rehearsal at the Bwera General Hospital in Bwera bordering with DRC, western Uganda. Picture: AFP

    No further Ebola cases in Uganda after June deaths - DR Congo

    In an update on the epidemic in eastern DRC, the health ministry said its Ugandan counterparts had confirmed there had been no further infections.

    1126 days ago
  • FILE: Healthcare workers look after a patient with Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Johnson & Johnson will now introduce an Ebola vaccine. Picture: @WHO/Twitter.

    WHO panel decides not to declare international Ebola emergency

    Such a declaration would risk creating restrictions on travel or trade “that could severely harm the economy in the Democratic Republic of Congo,” Aavitsland said.

    1151 days ago
  • FILE: A new Ebola outbreak has been declared in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Picture: @WHOAFRO/Twitter.

    UN Ebola chief to tackle security, political issues in DRC

    The virus has killed 1,223 of the 1,847 people who have fallen ill, making it the second-worst Ebola outbreak on record.

    1174 days ago
  • FILE: New Ebola outbreak has been declared in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Picture: @WHOAFRO/Twitter.

    First child born in DRC from Ebola survivor mother

    The infant, named Sylvana, is the first documented case, in the current outbreak, born to a mother who recovered from the deadly haemorrhagic fever.

    1307 days ago
  • FILE: A member of the Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) on top of an armoured vehicle during a patrol near Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo. Picture: United Nations Photo.

    17 civilians killed in DR Congo attacks

    The attacks came a day after opposition candidate Martin Fayulu visited Beni to launch his campaign ahead of December’s high-stakes presidential election.

    1341 days ago
  • Healthcare workers look after a patient with Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Picture: @WHO/Twitter

    Ebola outbreak in east Congo now world's second biggest

    Ebola is believed to have killed 245 people in North Kivu and Ituri provinces where attacks by armed groups and community resistance to health officials have hampered the response.

    1349 days ago
  • FILE: As the DRC battles its 10th Ebola outbreak, WHO is supporting the nine neighbouring countries in strengthening surveillance and preparedness to prevent the disease’s spread. Picture: @WHOAFRO/Twitter

    US concerned about Ebola outbreak in Congo conflict zone - official

    But there is worry that the current outbreak was in an active conflict zone in North Kivu, making it hard for health workers to track down and isolate cases, the official said.

    1370 days ago
  • FILE: A health worker prepares a vaccination at a health center in Conakry during the first clinical trials of the VSV-EBOV vaccine against the Ebola virus. Picture: AFP

    WHO opts not to declare latest Ebola outbreak an international emergency

    It’s nevertheless warning nine of the Congo’s eleven neighbours that they are at high risk of the deadly haemorrhagic disease spreading across the borders.

    1392 days ago
  • FILE: A Red Cross volunteer explains measures to prevent infection with Ebola to inhabitants, on 17 August 2018 in Butugo, western Uganda, near the border with Democratic Republic of Congo. The hospital in Bundibugyo town is the main facility in the Bundibugyo district for treatment of potential cases. Picture: AFP.

    Ebola response tightens in eastern DRC as 7 new cases confirmed: health ministry

    Ebola has spread to Beni, a city of several hundred thousand people where scores of people have been confirmed infected.

    1399 days ago
  • FILE: New Ebola outbreak has been declared in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Picture: @WHOAFRO/Twitter

    Butembo mayor urges residents to respect Ebola recommendations

    Health officials say they have made progress slowing the haemmorhagic fever’s spread with experimental vaccines and treatments.

    1433 days ago
  • FILE: Health workers who facilitate Ebola vaccinations. Picture: WHO

    Over 2,000 people have come in contact with Ebola, field workers say

    The death toll from the latest outbreak of the deadly haemorrhagic disease has risen to 49 and the World Health Organisation says it expects more.

    1449 days ago
  • A healthcare worker in the Democratic Republic of Congo at a Ebola treatment facility. Picture: @WHOAFRO/Twitter.

    Congo reports first confirmed Ebola case in over a week

    Health officials have moved aggressively to contain the epidemic in a bid to head off a repeat of the 2013-16 outbreak in West Africa that killed more than 11,300 people.

    1523 days ago
  • Health workers vaccinating residents in Mbandaka, the Democratic Republic of Congo. Picture: @WHOAFRO/Twitter

    WHO ‘cautiously optimistic’ about Ebola outbreak after vaccinations

    Peter Salama, WHO Deputy Director-General for Emergency Preparedness and Response, said more than 400 potential Ebola contacts had been vaccinated.

    1533 days ago
  • «
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • ...
  • 9
  • »

Trending on EWN

Umpire Rudi Koertzen holds aloft a statue of himself after his final test match before retirement during the fourth day of the second MCC Spirit of Cricket Test match between Australia and Pakistan at Headingley, in Leeds, England, on July 24, 2010, Picture: Andrew Yates / AFP.

  1. Renowned former cricket umpire Rudi Koertzen dies in car crash
  2. Women should be compensated for house work says Ramaphosa on Women's Day
  3. Five changes to Boks' starting XV for rematch against All Blacks
  4. 4 suspects arrested for breaking into 2 homes in Pinelands
  5. Special Tribunal freezes millions in assets belonging to former Transnet execs
Tweets by @ewnreporter

On Air


Latest bulletin

Latest traffic report

Contributors

  • Paula Luckhoff
    Paula Luckhoff
    For many women in SA, keeping a job more important than asking for higher pay
  • Bernadette Wicks
    Bernadette Wicks
    Special Tribunal freezes millions in assets belonging to former Transnet execs
  • Dominic Majola
    Dominic Majola
    15 more undocumented residents arrested near Randfontein mine dump
  • Cato Louw
    Cato Louw
    Five changes to Boks' starting XV for rematch against All Blacks
  • AFP
    AFP
    Serena Williams says 'countdown' to retirement has begun

Let the news come to you. Subscribe to our daily newsletter.

Eyewitness News
  • Local
  • World
  • Politics
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
  • Opinion
  • Features
  • Video
  • Audio
  • Infographics
  • EWN Apps
  • EWN popup
  • Breaking News Alerts
  • Traffic
  • Newsletter Signups
  • RSS Feeds
  • Contact
  • Find us on Facebook
  • Follow us on Twitter
  • Follow us on Instagram
  • Comments Policy
COPYRIGHT 2022 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | Terms & Conditions | Privacy | PAIA

Choose an EWN Twitter account

Follow @ewnreporter

Follow @ewnupdates

Follow @ewnsport

Follow @ewntraffic

Choose an EWN app

iOS

Android