Uganda’s president extends Ebola epicentre’s quarantine for 21 days
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has extended a quarantine placed on two districts that are the epicentre of the country’s Ebola outbreak by 21 days, adding...
Ebola
Uganda steps up Ebola response as virus infects 109, kills 30
The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Uganda has risen to 109 and the outbreak has claimed 30 lives, Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng said...
Congo announces end of Ebola outbreak in east, second deadliest on record
The second-largest Ebola outbreak on record is over after nearly two years and more than 2,200 deaths, Democratic Republic of Congo said on Thursday, even...
Four killed in attacks against Ebola response centres in Congo
Militia fighters in eastern Congo killed four people and injured several others in attacks on two Ebola response centres on Thursday, in what responders described...
WHO says no new Ebola cases in Goma, vaccinates over 1,300
The World Health Organisation has vaccinated over 1,300 people who potentially came into contact with the Ebola virus in the Congolese city of Goma, it...
Congo races to contain Ebola after gold miner contaminates several in Goma
Congolese authorities were racing to contain an Ebola epidemic on Thursday, after a gold miner with a large family contaminated several people in the east’s...
WHO: Ebola outbreak is international health emergency
The World Health Organisation declared the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo to be a “public health emergency of international concern”, saying the recent...
U.N. calls for hundreds of millions in more aid to fight Ebola
Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak could last much longer and cost far more in money and lives unless U.N. member states inject hundreds of millions of...
Second Ebola patient dies in Uganda, two others in intensive care
By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA, June 13 (Reuters) – A Congolese woman has become the second patient in Uganda to die of Ebola since the virus...
As Ebola threatens mega-cities, vaccine stockpile needs grow
Doubts are growing about whether the world’s emergency stockpile of 300,000 Ebola vaccine doses is enough to control future epidemics as the deadly disease moves out of...
