Kinshasa, July 25 (IANS) Confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have risen to 2,973, including 1,309 deaths. Prime Minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka warned on Friday that the outbreak could further aggravate the humanitarian crisis in the eastern DRC, Xinhua News Agency reported.Speaking on Friday in Bunia, the capital of the eastern Ituri Province and the epicentre of the outbreak, Suminwa said the government has disbursed 50 million US dollars for the response, in add…
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Addis Ababa, July 12 (IANS) The confirmed infection of a US humanitarian worker supporting the ongoing Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has added critical urgency to the protection of health responders, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.The Africa CDC said in a press statement that health workers, humanitarian personnel, volunteers and operational staff are “sustaining the response under intense pressure,” iden…
Addis Ababa, July 11 (IANS) Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Director-General Jean Kaseya and World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus are set to visit the epicentre of the ongoing Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) next week, as part of a joint mission aimed at accelerating outbreak response.This came after a meeting between heads of the two organisations in Geneva, Switzerland, where discussions focu…
Kinshasa, June 23 (IANS) The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has risen to 1,048, including 267 deaths, according to the latest report released by the country’s health authorities. According to the report, covering data as of Sunday, 371 patients were in isolation or hospitalised, while 112 people had recovered. A total of 202 suspected cases, including 60 deaths, were identified as of Sunday. The overall case fatality rate stood at 25.5 per cent.The …
Bunia, May 31 (IANS) World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on countries that have imposed travel bans or closed borders in response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda to reconsider such measures.Speaking at a joint press conference on Saturday in Bunia, the capital of the northeastern Ituri Province and the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak, Tedros said such restrictions could complicate response efforts and r…
Kinshasa, May 30 (IANS) World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Saturday called on countries that have imposed travel bans or closed borders in response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda to reconsider such measures.Speaking at a joint press conference in Bunia, the capital of the northeastern Ituri Province and the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak, Tedros said such restrictions could complicate response efforts an…
Kinshasa, May 29 (IANS) The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was “very complex,” with conflict, insecurity, displacement, food shortages and community mistrust complicating efforts to contain the disease, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.Speaking to reporters on late Thursday at the airport upon arriving in the DRC capital of Kinshasa, Tedros said he had come to show affected communities that “they are not alone” and tha…
Kinshasa, May 27 (IANS) The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) remains at an early stage, but infections and deaths continue to rise, Health Minister Roger Kamba said.Health authorities have identified around 1,000 suspected cases in affected areas, of which 101 have tested positive, Kamba told a press conference.Preliminary figures show that about 200 to 220 deaths are believed to be linked to the outbreak, while 17 deaths have been confirmed through laboratory te…
Kinshasa, May 24 (IANS) The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has temporarily suspended all passenger flights to and from Bunia, the capital of the northeastern Ituri Province that is the epicentre of the ongoing Ebola outbreak, the Ministry of Transport have said. An Ebola outbreak was declared in Ituri on May 15, with Bunia among the main affected areas. According to an official statement on Saturday (local time), no aircraft will be allowed to land at or take off from B…
Addis Ababa, May 15 (IANS) The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Thursday emphasised the urgent need to enhance continental capabilities, as many African countries lack the necessary capacity to detect and respond to potential hantavirus threats.Yap Boum II, head of the emergency preparedness and response division at the Africa CDC, told an online media briefing that the agency’s recent assessment of the continent’s preparedness to hantavirus has revealed critical…