Officials declare the outbreak the fastest spreading ever, warning the world to 'pay much more attention'.
Confirmed cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s ongoing Ebola outbreak reached 3,262, its ministry of health said in an overnight update, nearly the same as the 2018-2020 outbreak that is the largest ever recorded in the country. Data from the Congolese health ministry showed that 1,437 patients have died out of the 3,262 cases, in what officials have said is the fastest Ebola outbreak on record, concentrated in the eastern Ituri province. The 2018-2020 outbreak that was recorded in Congo...
Healthcare workers at an Ebola treatment centre in Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo, have gone on strike.
Cases have surged by 1,000 in just 10 days as outbreak continues to spread across five provinces.
More than 1,000 people have died in the latest Ebola outbreak in DR Congo, according to official government data.
According to WHO figures, 999 people have died in DRC and two in Uganda due to the Bundibugyo strain of the virus.
Walkout over late payments comes as public health officials confirm that the virus has reached two more provinces.
A United States citizen infected with the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was admitted to Frankfurt University Hospital early on Monday, officials said. The patient arrived at the hospital’s special isolation unit at around 3am local time after contracting the Bundibugyo variant of the Ebola virus in Congo, the hospital said. The US CDC said on Friday that a US citizen working for a humanitarian organisation in Congo had tested positive for the Bundibugyo Ebola...