Ebola, Congo
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The death toll in Congo’s Ebola outbreak has risen to at least 930, the country’s Ministry of Health said on Monday, with 37 new deaths reported in a 24-hour span Friday into Saturday, one of the highest totals.
New suspected cases of Ebola have been reported in parts of Congo that were previously unaffected, the government said, signaling the continued spread of the disease beyond the epicenter in Ituri.
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Congo’s Ebola death toll passes 1,500 as it struggles to halt spread
There’s still no vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain of the virus as the country struggles for control in infected areas.
The Ebola virus is spreading more rapidly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo than in previous outbreaks. More than 1,500 people have already died from Ebola.
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — New suspected cases of Ebola have been reported in parts of Congo that were previously unaffected, the government said Thursday, as the death toll in the country's latest Ebola outbreak reached 600. According to the Congolese ...
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Nearly 1,000 people have died from Ebola in DR Congo
According to WHO figures, 999 people have died in DRC and two in Uganda due to the Bundibugyo strain of the virus.
THE current Ebola outbreak is the fastest-growing in history, with more than 1,400 people dead in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Around 100 health workers at an Ebola treatment centre have gone
The death toll in the world's worst-ever Ebola outbreak has edged closer to 4,900, while almost 10,000 people have now been infected, new figures from the World Health Organization showed Wednesday. In its latest update, the UN health agency said as of ...
The Democratic Republic of Congo's confirmed death toll linked to the Ebola virus outbreak has risen to 999, the country's National Institute of Public Health said on Wednesday. The institute said