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Congo declares end to Ebola outbreak in east


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Congolese officials announced an end to an Ebola outbreak that had killed at least six people since October in the latest health challenge confronting the country's restive east. The most recent outbreak erupted in North Kivu province,…

DR Congo starts Ebola vaccinations in Eastern City


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Vaccination against the deadly Ebola disease began in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern city of Beni, the WHO said, five days after reports of a new case. The fresh case was reported in North Kivu, the same province where the…

Beni inhabitants fear new DRC Ebola Spread


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Residents in the town of Beni (in North Kivu province) are concerned about the spread of the deadly Ebola virus after the death of a three-year-old boy in the Democratic Republic of Congo, five months after the African nation's outbreak of…

New Ebola case confirmed in eastern Congo


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The Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has announced that a new case of Ebola has been detected in the health zone of Butsili in North Kivu Province, where a previous outbreak was declared over on May 3, 2021.…

Ivory Coast records second case of Ebola


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The UN health agency said on Tuesday that a second suspected case of infection by the deadly Ebola virus has been detected in Ivory Coast, expressing fear of contagion. READ ALSO: Ivory Coast detects first case of Ebola in…

Ivory Coast detects first Ebola case in 25 years


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Ivory Coast has declared a first case of the Ebola hemorrhagic virus in 25 years, the health minister and the World Health Organization (WHO) said separately on Saturday. READ ALSO: WHO declares end to second Ebola outbreak in…

Guinea begins immunization against Ebola resurgence


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Vaccination against the Ebola hemorrhagic fever was launched in Guinea, more than a week after the resurgence of the virus in a country. The campaign began after more than 11,000 doses of vaccines from the World Health Organization (WHO)…

WHO alerts six African nations after Ebola outbreak


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The World Health Organization (WHO) has alerted six African countries to watch out for potential cases of Ebola after it emerged in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Guinea. The DRC declared the emergence of Ebola on 7th February…

Guinea tracks Ebola contacts as it fights new outbreak


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Guinea is tracking down people who potentially had contact with Ebola patients and will rush vaccines to the affected area as soon as possible following at least three deaths from the disease, Health Minister Remy Lamah said on Monday.…

Ebola kills three people in Guinea


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At least three people have died from Ebola in Guinea and five others have tested positive in the first possible resurgence of the disease since the outbreak in 2013. They fell ill with diarrhoea, vomiting and bleeding, some of them…