Category: Ebola
WHO Calls For 5,000 More Health Workers As Ebola Crisis Worsens In DRC
The World Health Organization says the Democratic Republic of Congo urgently needs about 5,000 additional health workers as overwhelmed facilities struggle to cope with the country’s rapidly expanding Ebola outbreak. Health workers in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) practice safety check protocols on each other during a training by medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to…
Red Cross Warns Attacks On Ebola Response Workers Are Hindering Fight In DR Congo
The Red Cross says 12 volunteers have been injured and vital response equipment damaged in 11 violent incidents since the Ebola outbreak was declared, making efforts to contain the disease increasingly difficult. Health workers wearing protective equipment get ready to disinfect a boat at the port of Bende-Bende, in Maluku, on August 20, 2026. The…
DR Congo Ebola Outbreak ‘Growing Exponentially’ — UN
The Ebola outbreak raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo is growing “exponentially”, the United Nations’ senior Ebola coordinator warned Friday. The Ebola outbreak is already the biggest in the country’s history, having killed more than 2,300 people from more than 5,000 cases, according to the African Union health agency. The virus eruption is “growing…
Gavi Pledges Additional $7m to Boost Ebola Response
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, has committed an additional $7 million to support the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of Congo, funding the deployment of 70,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine amid the country’s worsening outbreak. GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, has announced additional funding to support the response to the Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD) outbreak.…
DR Congo’s Ebola Outbreak ‘Global Emergency’ As Infections Pass 5,000: WHO Officials warn that they are continuing to identify new chains of transmission that need to be broken to stop the spread.
The World Health Organization has confirmed the Ebola outbreak ravaging the Democratic Republic of Congo remains a global health emergency, with confirmed infections now surpassing 5,000. Following an emergency meeting on Tuesday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on the international community to help contain the outbreak, which has now killed more than 2,320 people.…
Ebola Death Toll In DR Congo Outbreak Surpasses 2,000
The death toll from an Ebola outbreak in the conflict-hit eastern and northeastern regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen above 2,000, months after the outbreak was officially declared on May 15. An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has killed 2,011 people out of 4,381 confirmed cases of the…
Ebola Cases Surpass 4,000 In DRC As WHO Calls For Ervebo Vaccine Trial
Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo have exceeded 4,000 as the World Health Organisation urges the use of the Ervebo vaccine in a clinical trial to help contain the outbreak, described as the fastest-spreading Bundibugyo epidemic on record. Motorcycle taxi operators participate in the launch of an Ebola awareness caravan to encourage residents…
DR Congo’s Ebola Cases Surpass 3,500 Amid Ongoing Outbreak
Ebola, a viral disease spread through contact with infected bodily fluids that causes haemorrhagic fever, has claimed more than 15,000 lives across Africa over the past five decades. A trainer makes a note of the start time on a health workers personal Protective Equipment (PPE) during a training by medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)…
Confirmed — 1,309 deaths reported today (July 25).
Ebola Deaths in DRC Surge Past 1,309 as Virus ‘Spreads Like Wildfire’ Lede: The outbreak is spreading at the fastest pace ever recorded and risks becoming the deadliest in history. A health worker cleans outside her station during a tour by DRC Prime Minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka of the Mongbwalu General Hospital in Ituri province…
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