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The World Health Organization (WHO) has made 70,000 doses of the Ervebo Ebola vaccine available to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as the country faces a major outbreak of the virus. The vaccine is approved against the Zaire strain of Ebola but has not been specifically authorized for the......
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is accelerating at an unprecedented pace, raising concerns that the virus could spread beyond the country's borders. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during an emergency......
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is facing one of the most severe Ebola outbreaks in its history, with government health data indicating that the cumulative number of confirmed cases has surpassed 5,000. According to the country's public health authorities, the current outbreak had reached......
The World Health Organization (WHO) is aiming to bring the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo under control within three months, provided that sufficient resources are made available to support containment efforts. WHO coordinator Thierno Balde said during a briefing in Geneva......
The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has become the deadliest recorded in the country’s history, according to the latest figures released by Congolese authorities. More than 2,300 people have died since the beginning of the health crisis, surpassing the previous record......
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is facing a new Ebola outbreak that is placing additional pressure on an already fragile healthcare system. The United Nations has called for stronger international support as health authorities and humanitarian partners work to contain the spread of the virus. UN......
The World Health Organization has warned that the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could become one of the most serious outbreaks in the disease’s history if transmission is not brought under control quickly. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the......
The number of confirmed Ebola deaths in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has surpassed 2,000, marking another grim milestone in an outbreak that health officials have described as the fastest-growing on record. The country's public health institute reported 2,011 confirmed deaths as of Tuesday,......
Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have reported that seven passengers aboard a river vessel intercepted near Kinshasa have tested negative for Ebola, reducing immediate concerns over a potential outbreak linked to a suspected fatal case. The results were announced on Friday......
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an urgent warning over the rapidly escalating Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), describing its expansion as occurring at an "exceptional" pace and calling for a stronger international health response. According......
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has recorded the second-largest Ebola outbreak ever documented, with official figures showing that infections have now exceeded the total reported during the country's devastating 2018–2020 epidemic. Government data released on Friday confirmed 3,532......
Health surveillance teams in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are working under mounting pressure as they struggle to contain one of the country's latest Ebola outbreaks while facing severe shortages of vehicles, equipment and personnel. In Bunia, the center of the epidemic, frontline workers......
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is facing a significant increase in Ebola cases, with nearly 1,000 new infections reported over a 10-day period, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 3,075, including 1,354 deaths. Health authorities announced the latest figures on Sunday, reporting......
