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The DRC faces a growing Ebola threat as cases soar in North Kivu, despite progress in other regions, says Tedros

The World Health Organization said Wednesday that the fight against the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo was showing “encouraging signs" but that the epidemic was "far from over". More than 7,000 cases have been reported across seven provinces as of September 11.

Ebola has reached a seventh DR Congo province after an infected man travelled through Rwanda and Uganda.

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DRC detected the outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo virus in mid-May; nearly 3,400 people have since died.

Case found in northwestern province of South-Ubangi bordering the Central African Republic and Congo-Brazzaville.

Congolese authorities inaugurated a new treatment centre in the city of Kisangani as they race to ramp up surveillance, diagnostic and treatment capacity

Ebola has now spread to a seventh province in the Democratic Republic of Congo after a 23-year-old man tested positive for the virus following a cross-country journey that included travel through neighboring Rwanda and Uganda.

The Ebola survivors’ association in Beni, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak, held an awareness-raising session for students as school resumed last week

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has claimed more than 3,000 lives, according to latest figures from the World Health Organization (WHO). To support the fight against Ebola, WHO is coordinating and funding the expansion of the Lita treatment centre in Ituri province.

As the Ebola epidemic continues to spread through eastern DR Congo, the death toll now stands at more than 3,000 people. Because of the risk of contagion, victims have to buried in accordance with strict protocols.

In eastern DR Congo, Ebola burial teams are racing against time as the outbreak continues to spread. They face a dangerous mission: safely burying victims while dealing with distrust and threats from local communities. The response is further complicated by the ongoing rebel conflict in the region.

Roche Holding AG plans to deploy new laboratory equipment in the epicenter of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola epidemic as authorities struggle to contain a virus that has repeatedly outrun the response.

Congo’s Ebola outbreak has killed more than 3,000 people out of more than 6,100 confirmed cases, according to the latest government data from Wednesday, as the disease is spreading at an unprecedented speed, faster than efforts to track and slow it. Data from Congo’s Ministry of Health showed the outbreak has recorded 6,186 confirmed cases, including 3,007 deaths since it was declared a global health emergency in mid-May. It remains the fastest-growing outbreak of Ebola ever. FRANCE 24's Emmet Livingstone reports.

Six Ebola checkpoints in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo stopped reporting last month because the people staffing them hadn’t been paid.

Children return to school in DR Congo amid growing concerns over Ebola

As students around the world prepare to go back to school, the beginning of the academic year in the Democratic Republic of Congo is far from straightforward, as the country remains in the grips of an ebola outbreak.

Health workers and officials leading the Ebola response celebrated the five's discharge, with the head of the response coalition saying it was a "momentous day" and a "source of pride" for his team

The Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has surpassed 6,000 confirmed cases and killed 2,911 people, making it the country’s largest outbreak on record and one of the fastest-growing Ebola epidemics ever recorded. More than 1,360 people have recovered.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has begun vaccinating people against Ebola in Kisangani, as the country battles an outbreak that has been affecting the country since mid-May.