Kinshasa, July 27 (IANS) The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has reached 3,200, with the death toll rising to 1,405, according to the latest situation report released by the country’s health authorities late Sunday.The report, covering data through Saturday, said the country had recorded 3,200 confirmed cases, including 1,405 deaths and 571 recoveries. A total of 773 patients remained in isolation, while 125 new confirmed cases and 51 confirmed deaths were…
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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…
Kinshasa, July 23 (IANS) The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has risen to 1,033, with the number of confirmed cases up to 2,536, the country’s health authorities said on Thursday. According to the latest situation report, 506 patients have recovered, while 738 others remain in isolation. No new affected health zone was reported, leaving the nationwide total at 47 across five provinces. Of these, 46 remain under active transmission.The epidemic rem…
United Nations, July 23 (IANS) Insecurity continues to impact humanitarian operations in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), including UN efforts to respond to the ongoing Ebola outbreak, a UN spokesperson said. Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN secretary-general, said at a daily briefing on Wednesday (local time) that according to local civil society organisations, at least 30 people were killed and a dozen others injured in a series of attacks in the pro…
Kinshasa, July 16 (IANS) Humanitarian workers involved in the response to the Ebola outbreak were evacuated early Thursday after violence erupted overnight at an Ebola treatment centre in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).According to local security and civil society sources, the violence broke out following the death of a pregnant woman at Nyakunde General Hospital, which serves as an Ebola treatment centre in Ituri province, the epicentre of the outbreak.Angered members of the loc…
Kampala, July 16 (IANS) Uganda on Thursday discharged its last Ebola patient after the person tested negative for the virus, marking the start of the country’s 42-day countdown to declare the outbreak over if no new cases are detected.Uganda’s Minister of Health, Chris Baryomunsi, presided over the symbolic discharge ceremony at Mulago National Referral Hospital in the capital, Kampala.During the ceremony, Baryomunsi presented the patient with an Ebola discharge certificate stating that he no lo…
Kinshasa, July 13 (IANS) The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reported Ebola cases in five provinces, with the nationwide tally rising to 1,873 confirmed cases, including 672 deaths, according to a report released by the country’s health authorities. The report released on Sunday (local time), covering data through Friday, listed Ituri, North Kivu, South Kivu, Haut-Uele and Tshopo as affected provinces. Haut-Uele and Tshopo were included in the national situation report for the first t…
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…
United Nations, July 10 (IANS) UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher called for urgent action to contain Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the region.”We need to move faster to break the back of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,” said Fletcher in a statement on Thursday. “Ituri province remains the centre of the outbreak, but the virus is spreading across other provinces where conflict and the constant…