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Seven DRC Provinces See Ebola Cases Soar; Total Stands at 7,258 Cases and 3,510 Deaths as WHO Advises Caution Against Thinking the Epidemic Has Reached Its Peak

According to the latest World Health Organization (WHO) situation report, the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has seen 7,258 confirmed cases of the disease, and 3,510 people have died. Transmission has been confirmed in seven provinces, and UN and WHO officials caution that although there may be indications of a […]

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DRC Ebola Outbreak Hits Seventh Province: What the Latest Case Implies for the Fight Against the Virus in Africa

The Democratic Republic of Congo Ebola outbreak is in its seventh province and raises new questions on the matter. According to Congolese health officials, a case of Bundibugyo virus disease was confirmed in South-Ubangi province of northwestern DRC. The victim was a 23-year-old man who later succumbed to the infection. The latest case is important […]

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Ebola Hits Rebel-Held Eastern Congo Two Months After It Is Declared Free of the Virus

A new Ebola case has been reported in rebel-held eastern Democratic Republic of Congo just weeks after AFC/M23 rebel forces said their areas are free of the disease. The Ebola case is related to a 21-year-old man who travelled from Butembo into North Kivu, which is under the control of the AFC/M23 rebels. The patient […]

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DR Congo’s Ebola Crisis Deepens: WHO Warns of the Country’s Largest Outbreak Yet

Doctors in the Democratic Republic of Congo are facing something they’ve never dealt with before: an Ebola outbreak that’s outpacing every containment effort thrown at it. The World Health Organization says infections are climbing at an “exceptional pace,” and with more than 3,600 confirmed cases and nearly 1,500 deaths so far, this has quietly become […]