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Ebola trial vaccines heading to Uganda – WHO
Three candidate vaccines against the strain of Ebola wreaking havoc in Uganda will be shipped to the East African country…
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WHO: Uganda Ebola epidemic death toll climbs to 44
The death toll from an Ebola epidemic declared last month in Uganda has climbed to 44, the World Health Organization…
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Uganda Ebola outbreak death toll 29, says WHO
Sixty-three confirmed and probable cases have been reported in the Ebola outbreak in Uganda, including 29 deaths, the World Health…
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Uganda declares first Ebola death since 2019
Uganda’s health ministry on Tuesday announced the country’s first fatality from the highly contagious Ebola virus since 2019, declaring an…
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Congo kicks off Ebola vaccinations to stem outbreak in northwest, WHO says
The Democratic Republic of Congo has kicked off Ebola vaccinations to stem an outbreak in the northwest city of Mbandaka,…
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Ivory Coast says patient zero of country’s first Ebola case in 25 years recovered
Health authorities in Ivory Coast say that the patient who tested positive for the country’s first Ebola case in 25…
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Suspected second case of Ebola in Ivory Coast
The UN health agency said that a second suspected case of infection by the deadly Ebola virus had been detected…
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Cote d’Ivoire declares first Ebola outbreak
The first case of Ebola, since 1994, has been confirmed by the Ministry of Health of Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)…
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WHO has alerted six African countries after Ebola outbreaks
Guinea declared a new Ebola outbreak on Sunday in the first resurgence of the disease there since the 2013-2016 outbreak.…
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Guinea records first Ebola deaths since 2016
At least three people have died of Ebola in Guinea, with five others testing positive for the virus, health officials…
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DRC confirms two Ebola deaths in resurgence of outbreak
A second person has died of Ebola this week in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s North Kivu province, the…
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Malawi denies reports of first Ebola case
Health authorities in Malawi have dismissed as false reports that first Ebola case has been recorded in the country’s border…
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Nine-year-old girl dies from Ebola in Uganda – health official
The girl is the fourth victim diagnosed with Ebola in Uganda to have died from the haemorrhagic fever. A nine-year-old…
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DRC on high Ebola alert in Goma
Authorities in the DRC remain on high-alert after several people contracted Ebola, from a gold miner in Goma. Meanwhile, the…
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Seven in DRC Ebola scare placed under surveillance: WHO
Seven relatives of a gold miner who died of Ebola in eastern DR Congo have been placed under surveillance as…
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WHO hails new DRC aid in fight against Ebola
The head of the WHO on Saturday said a shortage in funding to halt the spread of the deadly Ebola…
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Congo rules out using more Ebola trial vaccines
Congo will not permit the use of further experimental vaccines as it combats an Ebola outbreak because doing so risked…
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Congo declares epidemic after measles kills more patients than Ebola
Democratic Republic of Congo’s government has declared an epidemic of measles, which the latest health ministry figures show has now…
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Uganda records first case of Ebola
The country has been on high alert since the outbreak in the eastern DRC, which is struggling to contain the…
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UN official blasts violence against Ebola teams in DRC
The UN special representative to DR Congo has blasted rumours that the world body was trying to cash in on…
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Ebola death toll to pass 1,000: UN
The current Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed nearly 1,000 people, the UN said on Friday,…
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Ebola death toll jumps to 700 in DR Congo
Some 100 people have died in the Ebola epidemic in DR Congo over the past three weeks, taking the overall…
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Thousands of Congo voters ignore Ebola ban to cast their ballot
They were barred from voting in Congo’s presidential election. They voted anyway. On Sunday, men and women gathered in Beni…
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New Ebola outbreak reported in DR Congo
Twenty people have died from hemorrhagic fevers in a densely populated area near the town of Beni close to the…
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Ebola outbreak declared in Democratic Republic of Congo
At least 17 people have died in an area of northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where health officials have…
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