Kampala, July 6 (IANS) Uganda has contained the spread of Ebola nearly two months after the outbreak was declared following the importation of cases from the neighbouring Congo, a senior health official said.Diana Atwine, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Health, said on Sunday in a post on social media platform X that the outbreak had been contained through the treatment of all imported confirmed cases and those they infected, the tracing and quarantine of contacts, and the provision of th…
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Kinshasa, July 5 (IANS) The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reported 1,528 confirmed Ebola cases, including 492 deaths, as the country’s latest outbreak continues to expand.According to a situation report released Saturday by the DRC public health authorities, a total of 239 patients have recovered, while 628 confirmed patients are currently in isolation or hospitalisation. Authorities have also identified 185 suspected cases, Xinhua news agency reported.The report said weekly confirm…
Kinshasa, July 4 (IANS) The Democratic Republic of the Congo reported 1,502 confirmed Ebola cases, including 473 deaths, as the World Health Organization (WHO) said the outbreak remains serious. According to the latest situation report released Friday (local time) by DRC public health authorities, 628 patients are currently in isolation or hospitalisation, with the country recording 229 recoveries. A total of 213 suspected cases, including 63 deaths, have also been reported.Speaking at an online…
Kinshasa, July 2 (IANS) The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reported 1,406 confirmed Ebola cases, including 438 deaths, the government said.The figures showed that 192 patients had recovered, while 609 others were receiving treatment or under care.The outbreak remains concentrated in the eastern provinces of Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu, where surveillance, medical care and response operations are continuing.The government said response capacity is being strengthened through the d…
Kinshasa, June 27 (IANS) The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reported 1,203 confirmed cases of Ebola, including 321 deaths, since the outbreak was declared in mid-May, according to the latest report released by the country’s public health authorities. According to the report, released on Friday (local time), 148 patients have recovered, while 419 patients are in isolation or receiving hospital care. Health authorities also identified 265 suspected cases, including 77 deaths.World Heal…
Juba, June 26 (IANS) South Sudan on Friday urged foreign governments to lift Ebola-related travel and visa restrictions imposed on its citizens, saying the measures are affecting those who need to travel abroad for medical treatment and education.”There is no Ebola here. No one is dying here. But people are now dying because they are unable to travel abroad for medical treatment,” Francis Oromo, undersecretary in the Ministry of Health, told a joint press conference with the World Health Organis…
Addis Ababa, June 25 (IANS) The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Thursday that the continental Ebola outbreak response and preparedness plan requires 1.4 billion US dollars, as the number of confirmed cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda climbed to 1,138, with 293 deaths.”1.4 billion dollars is needed for the combined humanitarian and health aspects of the response,” Africa CDC Director General Jean Kaseya said during an online pres…
Paris, June 25 (IANS) France has identified and isolated five people who may have been exposed to Ebola after sharing a flight with a doctor who tested positive for the virus. French Health Minister Stephanie Rist said on Wednesday (local time) that the doctor had worked in the Democratic Republic of the Congo before returning to France.According to the minister, the patient is an “experienced doctor returning from a mission” who did not know he had contracted the virus. “He had no symptoms when…
Kinshasa, June 25 (IANS) The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reported 1,118 confirmed Ebola cases, including 291 deaths, the DRC government said in the latest situation update on the outbreak.The update, posted on X by the DRC’s Ministry of Communications and Media on Wednesday (local time), showed that 122 people have recovered, while 408 patients are under care. The case fatality rate stood at 26 per cent as of Tuesday.Epidemiological surveillance remains active, leading to the iden…
Kinshasa, June 24 (IANS) The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reported 1,094 confirmed Ebola cases, including 277 deaths, in the current outbreak declared on May 15, with the World Health Organization (WHO) registering a record first-month caseload. Official data released Tuesday showed 387 cases were under quarantine or receiving treatment, and 115 recoveries. DRC authorities have also reported 131 suspected cases, including 44 suspected deaths.In its daily epidemiological report, the…