Tag: Ebola
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Congolese doctor infected with Ebola in high insecurity zone
A doctor in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is hospitalised with Ebola, and 97 of his contacts have been identified in an area almost entirely surrounded by armed militia, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday. “It is the first time we have a confirmed case and contacts in an area of high insecurity.…
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Uganda opens Ebola treatment units at border with DRC
Uganda has opened two Ebola treatment units in the border districts with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a World Health Organisation (WHO) official said. Yonas Woldemariam, WHO Representative in Uganda, told Xinhua that the two treatment units have been established in the western border districts of Kasese and Bundibugyo to respond to any deadly…
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Congo approves more experimental Ebola treatments as cases rise
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)has approved four more experimental treatments against the deadly Ebola virus, the health ministry said as it raced to contain an outbreak in its violence-torn east. Health authorities on Aug. 11, started administering the U.S.-developed mAb114 treatment to Ebola patients, the first time such a treatment had been used against an…
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Congo battles to contain ebola outbreak in conflict zone – Official
Authorities in troubled eastern Congo are battling against multiple militia groups and a deteriorating security situation in their efforts to respond to an Ebola outbreak that has killed 55 people in the region. The outbreak of the deadly virus began shortly after the country’s government in June declared an end to another outbreak – in…
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Latest Ebola outbreak is Zaire strain, vaccinations to start: WHO
The Ebola outbreak in Congo is confirmed to be the Zaire strain of the virus and vaccinations of health workers may start as early as Wednesday, a senior official of the World Health Organization (WHO) said. Peter Salama, WHO deputy director for emergency preparedness and response, gave the results of genetic sequencing in a tweet…
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Ebola cases in DR Congo will rise in coming days – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised the alarm that cases from the resurgent Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are expected to rise in the coming days. WHO’s Deputy Director General of Emergency Preparedness and Response, Dr Peter Salama, said in Geneva that there had been around 20 deaths as…
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Congo declares four new Ebola outbreaks in eastern province
Officials from the Health Ministry said four people have tested positive for Ebola in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo just days after another outbreak that killed 33 people in the northwest of the huge country was declared over. Twenty people have died from hemorrhagic fevers in a densely populated area near the town of…
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Ebola scare: Anxiety as FAAN detects 95% of travelers with high fever in Abuja
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria says it has detected and picked up more than 95 per cent of travellers who had high fever suspected to be symptoms of the dreaded Ebola virus. The travellers were detected at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. According to the airport regulatory body, other relevant agencies have been…
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Two Ebola patients died after attending church
Two Democratic Republic of Congo Ebola patients who fled hospital in the city of Mbandaka on Monday attended a prayer meeting with 50 people hours before they died, Jean-Clement Cabrol, an emergency medical coordinator at Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), said on Thursday. Health officials are scrambling to contain an outbreak of the deadly…
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Russia 2018: Super Eagles will play DR Congo despite Ebola threat – Dalung
The Minister of Sports Barrister Solomon Dalung, has said the planned valedictory match for the Super Eagles before jetting out of the country for the World Cup in Russia would be played as scheduled. The Super Eagles are billed to face DR Congo in a friendly match on Monday, May 28 in Port Harcourt but…