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Fourth Ebola case detected in Goma after husband and daughter infected - govt
The new case is the wife of a man who died of the virus earlier this week. Their daughter also tested positive for Ebola, according to a government news bulletin.
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Border friction in DR Congo on anniversary of Ebola outbreak
More than 1,800 lives have been lost in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo since Ebola broke out on 1 August, 2018.
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The life cycle of the Ebola virus
A fact file on how the Ebola virus attacks.
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Rwanda shuts border with Ebola-hit DRC: Congolese presidency
In a statement, it said there had been a 'unilateral decision by the Rwandan authorities' that affected citizens from both countries who had to cross the border for their work.
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Third Ebola case detected in DR Congo's Goma: medical source
The latest diagnosis is just the latest sign that the outbreak is sharply widening, and came just hours after the announcement that the second patient had died overnight Tuesday.
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New Ebola case diagnosed in DR Congo's Goma: health official
Health officials said the latest case involves a man from a northeastern rural community, who arrived in Goma on 13 July and was later diagnosed.
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WHO hails new DRC aid in fight against Ebola
The World Bank announced Wednesday it would deploy a further $300 million in addition to $100 million already provided after Ebola erupted in August 2018.
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Deployment of second Ebola vaccine would not be quick fix, experts warn
The World Health Organization recommended the two-dose shot to complement a vaccine by US drugmaker Merck, which has proved highly protective but is in relatively short supply.
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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.
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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.
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MSF urges DRC Ebola 'reality check', more vaccinations
Joanne Liu, the international president of the medical charity known by its French acronym MSF, told AFP that health officials needed a "reality check" in their response to the outbreak.
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Congolese Ebola victim may have entered Rwanda and Uganda -WHO
The woman was one of almost 1,700 victims of the current 11- month outbreak of the highly contagious disease, which the WHO upgraded to an international health emergency on Wednesday and which has so far been effectively confined to the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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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.
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Pastor confirmed with Ebola as disease spreads in DR Congo
The patient is a pastor who had been preaching in church and would have touched the hands of worshippers "including the sick", the ministry said in a statement.
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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.
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Kenya reassures public after Ebola false alarm
Kenyan Health Minister Sicily Kariuki said a 36-year-old woman in the western county of Kericho had fallen ill with headache, fever and vomiting, which can also be symptoms of Ebola.
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WHO likely to declare Ebola an international emergency -experts
Such a decision would lead to boosting public health measures, funding and resources, and could include recommendations on trade and travel, academic experts and aid groups said.
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Family sent back to DR Congo after 2 die of Ebola in Uganda
The cases marked the first time the virus has crossed an international border since the current outbreak began in Congo last August.
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Deadly Ebola virus spreads to Uganda
The Ebola outbreak, which started in in the Democratic Republic of Congo in August 2018, has spread to neighbouring Uganda, killing two patients so far in the latest occurrence of the deadly disease.
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Second Ebola patient dies in Uganda - health ministry official
The woman was the grandmother of a five-year-old boy who died on Tuesday evening after crossing into Uganda with his family from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Five-year-old boy dies from Ebola in Uganda - health official
A five-year-old Congolese boy, who travelled with his family into Uganda, has the hemorrhagic disease that has killed nearly 1,400 people since last July in the second-worst outbreak on the planet.
