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DRC health minister warns ‘very high’ Ebola lethality rate as toll hits 80 At least
Ebola cases triple in a week as WHO warns of rapid spread in DRC The Ebola
DRC announced the end of its sixteenth Ebola outbreak in the Bulape region, deep in Congolese territory. Forty days ago, authorities had also declared the mpox outbreak over across the country. Yet, health officials warned
warned that unsafe burial practices could accelerate the spread of Ebola within tight-knit communities. ## Population pressure Elie Badjo, an analyst on universal health coverage in the DRC
Ebola-like symptoms, DRC Health Minister Samuel-Roger Kamba said. Meanwhile, Uganda has recorded two laboratory-confirmed cases linked to travellers arriving from the DRC, including one death in the capital, Kampala. “The number
Ebola and 139 suspected deaths, warning that the numbers are expected to rise. The director-general said that 51 cases had been confirmed in the DRC
DRC flown to Germany for treatment An American doctor who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been flown to [Germany](https://www.theguardian.com/world/germany) for treatment, along with his wife and four
Ebola outbreak in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a “public health emergency of international concern”, setting off alarm bells around the world. The WHO’s announcement on Sunday came
DRC, Anne Ancia, told Reuters that in responding to the [Ebola](https://www.theguardian.com/world/ebola) outbreak it had emptied its stocks of protective equipment in the capital, Kinshasa, and was preparing a cargo plane to bring
DRC. Photograph: Badru Katumba/AFP/Getty Images A second critical factor that hampered the response six years ago was the history of political tension between the country’s government in Kinshasa and the Nande ethnic group
DRC, with seven confirmed deaths". Tedros added the situation in neighbouring Uganda - where they have been two confirmed cases of the Bundibugyo species and one death - was "stable" with both cases from people who travelled
warned. ## Will there be a vaccine? There is currently no approved vaccine for this strain of the Ebola virus. A vaccine named Ervebo, manufactured by Merck, which was used against the Zaire strain of Ebola
Ebola outbreak in the DRC and Uganda was a “public health emergency of international concern”, [saying:](https://www.who.int/news/item/17-05-2026-epidemic-of-ebola-disease-in-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-and-uganda-determined-a-public-health-emergency-of-international-concern) “Neighboring countries sharing land borders with the Democratic Republic of the Congo are considered at high
warns that numbers will rise further The World Health Organization (WHO) says there have now been 600 suspected cases of Ebola and 139 suspected deaths, with numbers expected to rise further given the time taken
DRC) have set fire to a treatment facility after being prevented from taking the body of a local man, underscoring deep mistrust and anger around the response to the virus. The attack took place