Democratic Republic of the Congo

Airline groups urge US CDC to reconsider Ebola declaration requirements

Travellers arrive for health screening at Murtala Muhammed International Airport following reports of an Ebola case in Nigeria on Oct 22.

Ebola vaccine trial begins in Democratic Republic of Congo

The so-called Tumaini trial is a single trial framework that can test the safety, efficacy and immunogenicity of multiple vaccines.

Late detection in Nigeria raises alarm as Ebola spreads across Africa

The epidemic, which was first detected 3,000km away in the Democratic Republic of Congo in May, is the second largest on record.

Kenya confirms new Ebola case, total at nine, health ministry says

A Kenyan Ministry of Health official checking the temperature of a traveller at the border with Uganda on Oct 12.

As Ebola spreads in eastern DR Congo, mothers and children shun vital care

Relatives attending the funeral of an eight-month pregnant Congolese woman, who died of Ebola, and her foetus in Butembo, Democratic Republic of Congo on Oct 5.

Congo’s Ebola outbreak has killed more than 4,000, government data shows

Government figures showed on Oct 1 that the death toll had risen to 4,018, and confirmed cases had reached 8,300 across seven provinces. Over 2,000 patients have recovered from the disease.

Doctors Without Borders worker contracts Ebola in Congo, evacuated to Netherlands

The aid worker’s infection underscores the risks in an epidemic that has sickened hundreds of medical personnel.

UN sees some progress in DR Congo’s Ebola fight, but too early to call peak

Butembo in DR Congo’s North Kivu province, where cases are still rising fast.

Ebola infections top 7,000 in Congo as virus spreads to new province

Congolese medical workers carrying children tested and cleared off from Ebola from Saint Nicholas orphanage on June 9.

Ebola case detected in north-western province of Congo far from epicentre: Official

The ongoing Ebola outbreak, Congo’s 17th, has so far infected 6,942 people, including 3,349 deaths, according to the latest government data.

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