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Congo to start using J&J Ebola vaccine in November
The J&J vaccine will complement another vaccine manufactured by Merck, which has been administered to more than 225,000 people.
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Second Ebola vaccine to be used in DR Congo next month
DRC's latest Ebola epidemic, which began in August 2018, has killed 2,144 people, making it the second deadliest outbreak of the virus, after the West Africa pandemic of 2014-2016.
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Ambassador Jerry Matjila raises concern over armed groups, Ebola in DRC
Jerry Matjila addressed the UN Security Council following an update by the special UN initiative in that country Monusco.
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Congo's Ebola outbreak slows but still entrenched in insecure areas - WHO
Only 14 confirmed infections were reported last week, the lowest in a year and down from 51 in mid-September and 126 in April at the peak of the outbreak, WHO figures show.
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Ebola concerns in Tanzania are 'rumours', says minister
Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu said there had been no confirmed cases of Ebola in Tanzania, which shares a border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where more than 2,100 people have died in an outbreak of the disease.
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US travel warning adds to pressure on Tanzania over suspected Ebola cases
US travellers should 'exercise increased caution', the State Department said on Friday in an updated travel advisory that cited reports of 'a probable Ebola-related death in Dar es Salaam'.
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Second Ebola vaccine to be introduced in DRC in mid-October: WHO
The announcement came as the aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) accused the WHO of rationing the first Ebola vaccine in the DRC.
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WHO: Tanzania not sharing information on suspected Ebola
The WHO said it had learned on 10 September of a suspected case of Ebola in Dar es Salaam, and information emerged that this patient's contacts had been quarantined.
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Congo to deploy second Ebola vaccine
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine will complement another vaccine manufactured by Merck, which has been administered to more than 225,000 people since August 2018.
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World at risk of pandemics that could kill millions, panel warns
Gro Harlem Brundtland, a former WHO head who co-chaired the board, added that current approaches to disease and health emergencies are 'characterised by a cycle of panic and neglect.'
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DR Congo ex-health minister arrested for 'embezzling Ebola funds' - police
Ilunga, who resigned as health minister in July after being removed as head of the country's Ebola response team, was detained while hiding in an apartment in the capital Kinshasa ahead of a bid to flee the country, officers said.
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Pandemic bonds face scrutiny after Ebola outbreak yet to trigger payout
Payouts are triggered once a virus outbreak crosses an international border and claims at least 20 lives in each of at least two countries.
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UN chief visits DR Congo's restive Ebola-hit east
Antonio Guterres started his three-day tour of Africa's largest country in Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, which is trying to roll back a major epidemic of Ebola that has claimed more than 2,000 lives since August last year.
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DR Congo Ebola death toll crosses 2,000 ahead of UN chief's visit
The latest casualty in Uganda was a nine-year-old girl from the Democratic Republic of Congo, reviving fears that the virus could cross the porous borders of the central African country, where it erupted in August last year.
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Ebola death toll in east Congo outbreak climbs above 2,000
The government team overseeing the response said the number of confirmed and probable cases had also hit a milestone of more than 3,000 in what has become the second-worst epidemic of the virus on record.
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DRC ex-health minister questioned over use of Ebola funds
The former minister's evidence was heard by the attorney general and "trusts in the justice system of his country," lawyer Guy Kabeya told AFP.
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Congo has given over 200,000 people Merck Ebola vaccine
Figures released by the government’s Ebola committee showed that 204,044 people had been inoculated since 8 August.
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Ebola spreads 200km west to remote, militia-run Congo town
Walikale lies about 200 km (125 miles) west of Goma, one of the towns affected by the Ebola epidemic, and much further away from the epicentre of the epidemic in Butembo and Beni.
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First confirmed Ebola cases in DR Congo's South Kivu province
More than 1,900 people have died from Ebola in the DRC since 1 August 2018, when the haemorrhagic virus erupted in North Kivu province and spread to neighbouring Ituri province.
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Burundi starts Ebola vaccines for health workers -WHO
Burundi has had no reported cases of the deadly haemorrhagic fever, but the viral disease has been spreading in eastern Congo since August 2018 in an epidemic that has now killed at least 1,800 people.
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Hope as Ebola treatment proves to be 90% effective
They produce antibodies that cling to the Ebola virus and destroy it.
