Healthcare workers at an Ebola treatment centre in Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo, have gone on strike.
When Jean Kaseya, director general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), met Jiang Feng, head of China’s mission to the African Union, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in mid-July, the message was practical. They signed a handover certificate that brought Beijing’s direct emergency support for the Ebola response to US$4.5 million. A five-member Chinese medical team was already working in the Democratic Republic of Congo capital of Kinshasa. Kaseya described the contribution as...
Cases have surged by 1,000 in just 10 days as outbreak continues to spread across five provinces.
A volunteer was injected on Friday with the first dose of a rapidly developed vaccine targeting the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola driving a deadly outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Oxford University said. More than 1,000 people have been killed in the DRC and Uganda since the outbreak emerged in May, according to the World Health Organization. Researchers and health organisations have since been racing to get a vaccine or treatment for the relatively rare strain to the clinical...
Health workers in the DRC battle a range of obstacles, from infection risk to angry mob attacks.
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.
At least 999 people have died from the Ebola outbreak in Congo, according to official data published overnight into Wednesday, a grim toll in what has already been declared the fastest Ebola outbreak in history. The latest update from Congo’s Ministry of Health shows that as of Monday, 2,473 cases have been recorded in the latest outbreak, and 999 people have died. At least 737 patients were currently in isolation and hospitals, it said. The outbreak declared on May 15 is unlike most previous...
Ebola spreading faster than any previous outbreak in DRC, with 37 new deaths recorded over just 24 hours at the weekend.
Health workers in Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ituri province strike over unpaid wages as death toll rises to 754.
UN health agency says cases are underreported while doctors at outbreak epicentre threaten to go on strike.
Healthcare workers at an Ebola treatment centre in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have gone on strike.
The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo is the “fastest growing” ever, African health authorities said on Thursday, as the World Health Organization said the disease had killed 600 people. Updated numbers issued by the UN health agency showed there have been 1,759 confirmed cases in DR Congo since the outbreak was declared in mid-May, including 600 confirmed deaths. “This is the fastest growing Ebola outbreak ever, not only among the previous Bundibugyo outbreaks, but all the...
Nation’s 17th Ebola epidemic is fuelled by the Bundibugyo virus, with no existing vaccine or approved treatment options.
Residents at the epicentre of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC’s) Ebola outbreak are pinning their hopes on experimental treatments after researchers began a highly anticipated study in early July of two possible Ebola treatments in hopes of fighting the still-growing outbreak. At the Ebola treatment centre inside Bunia’s Evangelical Medical Centre, in eastern Congo’s Ituri province, the launch of the research was marked by urgency rather than ceremony on Thursday. As ambulances continued...
According to WHO data, there have been 1,406 confirmed cases of the disease in DRC, with 301 suspected cases and 438 deaths.
Al Jazeera's Catherine Wambua-Soi reports from Bunia, on the front line of the Ebola response.
A hospital in Scotland is testing a patient for Ebola as central Africa faces a deadly outbreak of the virus. The person arrived at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow on Tuesday, according to a report from the BBC. A representative for the hospital declined to comment. Public Health Scotland (PHS), the government health agency, said there are no confirmed cases in the country and the risk to the public remains low. The UK’s National Health Service has “safe procedures in place...
The Ebola virus continues to spread across the DR Congo but local healthcare workers say the situation has improved.
The latest Ebola outbreak in DRC has infected 1,307 people and claimed 377 lives since May.
Outbreak spreads to a fourth province, Haut-Uele, bordering South Sudan and the CAR, according to a media report.
Opposition politicians accuse the government of using the outbreak to halt a planned protest.
Health officials say the Ebola response cannot succeed without addressing the humanitarian crisis.