Democratic Republic of the Congo

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.

Congo’s Ebola outbreak kills more than 3,000, government figures show

The outbreak is now second only to the 2014-2016 West African outbreak.

Ebola spreading exponentially in Congo as death toll tops 2,500, UN says

Health workers were coming under attack by locals angered and terrified by the outbreak.

Ebola is spreading faster beyond Congo epicentre, straining outbreak response

The government also cited weaknesses in surveillance, infection control, safe burials and logistics as obstacles to interrupting transmission.

Ebola cases in Congo exceed 5,000, government data shows

Members of the Civil Protection team disinfect after handling the body of an unidentified man who died of Ebola, in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

WHO says Congo Ebola outbreak can still be brought under control within three months

WHO said earlier in August that reversing Ebola’s spread would be possible within a three-month period, but since then there have been signs that it has worsened.

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