Ebola Outbreak Congo

• Congo Ebola outbreak, one year in: What you need to know about the crisis

  The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now one year old and has killed more than 1,800 people.

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  Aug 1, 2019
  
• Efforts to end Ebola outbreak in Congo hindered by ‘political games’: WHO

  Attempts to end the second worst Ebola outbreak on record are being hampered by "political games" and distrust of outsiders in two towns in Democratic Republic of Congo, a senior World Health Organization official said on Monday.

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  May 13, 2019
  
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• Ebola could spread if ‘violent attacks’ continue in Congo, WHO warns

  The ominous statement comes amid escalating violence nine months after the outbreak began.

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  May 11, 2019
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• Congo tests experimental Ebola treatment as deadly outbreak grows

  Dozens of people have died in the recent Ebola outbreak, including multiple health care workers.

  World

  Aug 14, 2018
• 12th Ebola death confirmed in Congo

  Congo now has 35 confirmed Ebola cases, with several new suspected cases.

  World

  May 27, 2018
• This ‘lucky mistake’ from a Winnipeg lab is saving people from Ebola in the Congo

  Canadian researchers weren't intending to make an Ebola vaccine at first. But now their discovery is being used in an outbreak in the Congo.

  Health

  May 25, 2018
• Ebola vaccines to be shipped to Congo amid outbreak

  The head of the World Health Organization says he and Congo's health minister have agreed that Ebola vaccines will be shipped "as quickly as possible" as the number of suspected cases in the latest outbreak grows.

  Health

  May 11, 2018