Tag: Ebola
Ex DR Congo minister under fire over Ebola Funds
Democratic Republic of Congo government is set to probe the former health minister, Oly Ilunga over misappropriation of funds meant…
News of possible Ebola treatment, prevention excites UNGA president
President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Ms Maria Espinosa, “is delighted” by news that Ebola may soon be…
Rwanda denies closing border with Congo DR
Rwanda’s health minister said the border with Democratic Republic of the Congo remained open on Thursday, appearing to contradict an…
Ebola: Tension as second death confirmed in DR Congo
The Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed the case of Ebola in the eastern city of Goma, near the border…
Ebola death toll in DRC rises to 1,540, WHO raises alarm
The death toll in the latest outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has risen to 1,540,…
Ebola: Federal Govt orders total health surveillance at ports, borders
Federal Government has directed port health service officials and other relevant agencies at the points of entry to Nigeria to…
Ebola: WHO to declare international emergency
The World Health Organization (WHO) should and is likely to declare an international emergency over the Ebola epidemic in the…
Panic as Nigeria Prepares for Ebola
Following the two deaths and infection of three others by the raging Ebola outbreak in Uganda that spread from the…
Ebola: Second patient dies in Uganda
Another person has died of Ebola in Uganda, just days after the first case was detected in the country, the…
Number of Ebola cases in Congo exceeds 1,000
The number of Ebola cases in Congo has exceeded 1,000, the country’s health ministry said, as the second-largest outbreak of…
Ebola: 993 cases confirmed, 621 dead in DRC – WHO
As the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) approaches 1 000 cases amid increased violence, WHO…
Alert! Congo faces largest outbreak of Ebola
Democratic Republic of Congo is facing the second largest outbreak of Ebola in history as attacks on clinics pose a…
Panic in Sweden as hospital admits suspected Ebola patient
There seems to be panic among citizens in Sweden after a patient was admitted to hospital with a suspected case…
Ebola: Death toll in DRC hits 357
Death toll, arising from outbreak of Ebola disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has risen to 357 of which…
24 patients flee Congo Ebola center
Democratic Republic of Congo’s health ministry said that 24 patients have fled an Ebola treatment center in Beni on Thursday.…
Ebola death toll hits 200 in DR Congo
More than 200 people have now died in the latest outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according…
Congo facing worst Ebola outbreak
The current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is the most severe in the country’s history with 319…
Uganda starts Ebola vaccination for frontline health workers
Uganda on Wednesday started Ebola vaccinations for frontline health workers in the infected areas with support from the World Health…
Ebola virus infects 300 people in Congo
The deadly Ebola virus has infected 300 people in Congo since an outbreak erupted almost two months ago in the…
Congo to install Ebola screening checkpoints at polling stations
Health checkpoints will be installed at the entrances to all polling stations in Congo’s Ebola-affected region during the December election,…
Ebola: Over 150 people dead in Congo
Without any end to the epidemic, the number of deaths from Ebola has reached 147 (35 of them probable), the…
Congo: Ebola death rate has risen to 135 – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says no fewer than 135 people have been killed by the Ebola virus outbreak in…
Militant attacks: WHO suspends work on Ebola in Congo
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is suspending parts of its effort to fight Ebola in Congo after a string of…
Russia creates new powder vaccine against Ebola
The Russian health care ministry, has got a new dry powder vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus disease, Health Minister,…
UN, South Sudan intensify Ebola preparedness
The UN and South Sudan said on Friday that they have intensified preparedness and response activities against Ebola in the…
Ebola death toll in Congo rises to 67
At least 67 people have died from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, an official says. Dr Alfred Longi,…
Ebola outbreak spreads in DRC – WHO, UNHCR warn
Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has spread to eastern ‘no-go’ zone surrounded by rebels, UN…
Child victims of DRC Ebola outbreak need ‘special care’ – UNICEF
The ongoing deadly Ebola outbreak in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has particularly affected…
WHO expects more Ebola cases in Congo
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday that it could not be certain that it had identified all people…
DR Congo: WHO calls for access to tackle Ebola
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for “free and secure” access to the Ebola-affected people in the conflict-affected region…