DR Congo authorities Friday indicated fresh cases of Ebola contamination in two localities as they battle an epidemic that has killed 652 to date.
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Ebola epidemic in DR Congo now exceeds 1,000 cases
The number of cases in a nearly eight-month-old epidemic of Ebola in eastern DR Congo now exceeds 1,000, almost two-thirds of whom have died, the health ministry said late Sunday.
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Ebola response in DR Congo ‘failing’ to contain outbreak: MSF
Efforts to curb the Democratic Republic of Congo’s worst Ebola outbreak are stumbling, medical charity MSF warned Thursday, blaming the role of the security forces in the response and their “toxic” relations with local communities.
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Ebola treatment centre in eastern DR Congo reopens after attack
US bans DR Congo election chief, top judge over vote conduct
The United States said Friday it will refuse visas to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s election chief and top judge on charges that they undermined long-awaited presidential polls.
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18 killed as acid truck, bus collide in DR Congo
At least 18 people were killed in DR Congo’s mining belt on Wednesday when a truck laden with industrial acid collided with a bus, spewing its contents on passengers, sources said.
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Ebola outbreak ‘under control’ in part of eastern DR Congo
An Ebola epidemic that has killed more than 500 people in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been brought under control in one major area, the health ministry said late Tuesday.
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DR Congo Ebola death toll passes 500
More than 500 people have died from the latest outbreak of Ebola in DR Congo, but a vaccination programme has prevented thousands more deaths, the country’s health minister told AFP. “In total, there have been 502 deaths and 271 people cured,” said a health ministry bulletin published late on Friday, reporting on the outbreak in […]
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Ebola death toll surges in DR Congo
The number of people killed in an Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo has risen to 443, health authorities have announced, as new President Felix Tshisekedi began his first full day in office on Friday.
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