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…
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Bengaluru, May 22 (IANS) The Karnataka Health Department has stepped up surveillance and preparedness measures across the state following the World Health Organization’s (WHO) declaration of the ongoing Ebola Disease (ED) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda as a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern” (PHEIC) on May 17, 2026.According to an official statement issued by the Health Department, “In Bengaluru, the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases (R…
Addis Ababa, May 22 (IANS) The public health risk from the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been upgraded from high to very high, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. “We are revising our risk assessment of Ebola to very high at the national level, high at the regional level, and low at global level,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a press conference.Meanwhile, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) called for enhanced s…
United Nations, May 22 (IANS) The aid community in Sudan, amid insecurity and access challenges, is fighting to contain outbreaks of dengue fever, mpox and suspected cholera cases, UN humanitarians said.The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that in the El Nuhud area of West Kordofan state, the World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners are responding to a suspected outbreak of acute watery diarrhea, commonly associated with cholera. More than 100 suspected …
Kinshasa, May 21 (IANS) The latest Ebola outbreak has spread to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)’s South Kivu Province, with fresh concern surfacing over wider transmission in the volatile eastern region.On Thursday, the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group confirmed a new case in Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu.The group, which has been capturing the city since February 2025, said that a 28-year-old man had travelled from Kisangani, the capital of Tshopo Province, and died before his…
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) A student’s complaint over the absence of benches in a university smoking area in China, saying it was “exhausting” to smoke while standing, has reignited debate over the country’s broader tobacco control challenge.The report received global coverage, where a student at the Xian International Studies University in China’s northwestern Shaanxi province was said to have filed a complaint in the school’s internal feedback channel. It cited the absence of benches…
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) The Fourth India–Africa Forum Summit (IAFS IV), initially scheduled to take place in New Delhi from May 28–31, has been postponed due to the evolving health situation in parts of Africa, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced Thursday. The decision was taken after extensive consultations held between the Indian government, the Chairperson of the African Union (AU), and the African Union Commission regarding the holding of the summit and associated activitie…
Bangkok, May 21 (IANS) The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) said on Thursday that it has elevated surveillance and prevention measures for the Ebola virus disease within the country’s civil aviation system.This move follows the World Health Organization (WHO)’s declaration of the Ebola virus outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda as a public health emergency of international concern due to the risk of cross-border transmission, reports Xinhua news agency.The Thai…
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) Indira Gandhi International Airport on Thursday issued a public health advisory for passengers arriving from or transiting through Ebola-affected countries, asking travellers showing symptoms of the disease to immediately report to health authorities at the airport.In a post on social media platform X, Delhi Airport shared a health information advisory issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) under the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.The ad…
Caracas, May 21 (IANS) Venezuela denounced the impact of US unilateral coercive measures on its health system during the 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva, saying they have affected access to medical supplies, medicines and equipment.Mauricio Vega, Venezuela’s vice Minister of Hospitals, told the World Health Organization forum that the restrictions have also affected the availability of health personnel, while defending the country’s public health model based on equity and primary care.”Heal…