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10 days ago
The outbreak is concentrated in the province of Ituri, which accounts for nearly 90 percent of reported cases.
30 days ago
DRC Ebola cases surpass 2,000 as more health workers begin strike ⊖
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a story from Al Jazeera 🚨 › Al Jazeera English
Health workers in Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ituri province strike over unpaid wages as death toll rises to 754.
33 days ago
First patients enrolled in record-breaking Ebola treatment trial in DRC ⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Two drugs are being trialled in the Ituri region in a programme set up just six weeks after the outbreak was declared, with hopes it will reduce mortality rates
There is no approved drug to help the m…
75 days ago
WHO calls for community cooperation to contain Ebola outbreak in DRC ⊖
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus makes appeal after protests against protocols for handling victims’ bodies in Ituri province
Containing the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo requires commu…
77 days ago
WHO chief arrives in DRC promising Ebola outbreak ‘can be stopped’ ⊕
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus heads for Ituri province where epidemic is centred and calls for halt to fighting that hampers medical relief efforts
The deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of…
78 days ago
‘Among the things he feared most was death’: the doctors and nurses dying on the Ebola frontline ⊖⊖
Medics battling the incurable disease in Democratic Republic of the Congo working in ‘agonising’ conditions
When Dr Vladimir Maduali died of Ebola in the early hours of Sunday morning, he was the four…
79 days ago
WHO chief calls for DRC ceasefire to tackle Ebola outbreak ⊖
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warns of ‘catastrophic collision of disease and conflict’, with suspected cases at 900
The head of the World Health Organization has called for an immediate ceasefire in the…
80 days ago
Ebola needs swift response to prevent catastrophe - DR Congo governor ⊖⊖
The governor of Ituri said the more time they lose, the closer the province is to disaster.
84 days ago
WHO raises Ebola public health risk to ‘very high’ in DR Congo ⊖
Provincial gov't in Ituri province, the epicentre of the outbreak, has banned public gatherings to stop spread of virus.
Furious crowd torches Ebola hospital tents in DR Congo ⊖
Rwampara hospital lies near Bunia in the DRC's Ituri province, the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak.