Uganda announces lockdown as Ebola cases rise

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has declared an immediate three-week lockdown in two high-risk districts as the country battles a rise in Ebola infections.

 

President Yoweri introduced the lockdown for the two districts worst affected by the killer virus, where dozens have already been infected and nearly 20 patients have died.

Scare as Uganda confirms six more cases of Ebola including one death

The World Health Organization has announced that six new cases of Ebola have been found in Uganda, just after the country reported its first fatality from the highly contagious virus since 2019.

Ebola cases rise in new DR Congo outbreak

The Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo’s northwest is growing, according to health officials, sounding the alarm weeks after the country officially declared an end to a separate Ebola epidemic which claimed over 2,000 lives.

With #COVID19 still ravaging, WHO says up to 12 infected in Congo’s new Ebola outbreak

Up to 12 people have been found infected with Ebola in a new outbreak of the deadly disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday.

Scare as DR Congo reports fresh Ebola outbreak amid #COVID19

DR Congo on Monday reported a fresh Ebola outbreak in the country’s northwest, just weeks before it hoped to declare the end of another epidemic in the east.

The United States approves Ebola drug for treatment of COVID-19

Authorities in the United States will allow the emergency use of Ebola drug remdesivir for treating patients with severe COVID-19.

SCARE!!! And again WHO confirms four fresh cases of Ebola in DRC

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa has confirmed four new cases of Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

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As the world battles corona virus, WHO confirms six cases of Ebola in DRC

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa has confirmed six cases of Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

The UN’s health agency confirmed the development on its official twitter account @WHOAFRO on Monday.

Health Research: Two Ebola drugs found to increase 'survival rates by 90%'

Health officials have gotten a breakthrough in the cure for Ebola following results from a clinical trial of two therapies made from Ebola antibodies. 

Another global scare as Uganda confirms 1 death from Ebola-like Marburg virus

Uganda has confirmed one death from Marburg virus, a highly infectious hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, the health minister said on Thursday.

Jane Aceng told reporters the case, which led to a fatality, had been confirmed after a series of tests were carried out.

More scare as fourth ebola virus death recorded in Congo

Four persons have so far died in an Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Spokesman from the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday that those who have come in contact with the deceased had been quarantined.

More scare as second case of Ebola virus confirmed by WHO in DR Congo

A second case of Ebola has been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, following an outbreak of 17 further suspected cases.

Health workers are trying to trace 125 people thought to be linked to the cases in the country's remote northeastern province of Bas-Uele, near the border with the Central African Republic.

Nigeria on red alert over DR Congo EBOLA outbreak

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole has called for heightened vigilance and intensified awareness efforts over the latest outbreak of Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Minister noted that health care providers and the general public must report any sign of illness to public health officials immediately.

Oh goodness gracious! Not again! Ebola outbreak declared in DR Congo

An Ebola outbreak has been declared in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization said Friday, after the virus caused three deaths in the area since April 22.

The WHO said the outbreak affects an equatorial forest region in Bas-Uele province, bordering Central African Republic.

The last Ebola outbreak in Congo in 2014 was quickly contained and killed 49 people according to official figures.