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A healthcare worker holds up a vial of the Ervebo vaccine at an Ebola vaccination centre in the city of Bunia, Ituri province, Congo. | Photo Credit: AP Health workers in parts of the DR Congo, badly hit by a deadly Ebola outbreak, launched a test vaccination programme on Saturday (September 20, 2026) to see…
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A member of the M23 rebel group stands guard as Provincial authorities visit the Rodolphe Merieux Laboratory, National Biomedical Research Institute (INRB), where samples from suspected Ebola cases are tested, as part of the response to the epidemic in Goma, North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. File | Photo Credit: Reuters More…
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A health worker in protective gear looks on at an Ebola treatment centre in Bunia, Congo, on August 10, 2026 | Photo Credit: AP Democratic Republic of Congo said on Tuesday (August 11, 2026) that confirmed Ebola deaths had reached 2,011, the latest grim milestone in what health officials have described as the fastest-spreading outbreak…
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Passengers who disembarked from a boat intercepted by health authorities wait to be tested following the death of a passenger suspected of having Ebola, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, August 6, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters No cases of Ebola have been detected among passengers on a river boat that was placed in…
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There are currently no approved vaccines or treatments for Ebola’s Bundibugyo strain, which has caused more than 1,400 cases in DRC, including 438 deaths. A file photograph of health workers attending to a patient | Photo Credit: AP Photo A treatment trial for the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo enrolled its…
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Congolese health workers receive a patient at the Rwampara General Hospital as authorities intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain outbreak in Rwampara outside Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo has increased…
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Emphasising the need for preparedness measures ahead of the next pandemic or global health emergency, experts at The Hindu’s webinar, ‘Ebola: Preparing for the Next Pandemic’, said there was an urgent need for better lab and testing infrastructure, for training and resources for healthcare workers, data to be shared across stakeholders and for trust to…
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Demonstrators take part in a protest against a U.S.-backed Ebola quarantine plan to establish a 50-bed facility at a Kenyan air force base intended to host Americans exposed to Ebola, in Nanyuki town, Laikipia County, Kenya, on June 9, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Kenyan police fired tear gas on Tuesday (June 9, 2026) and…
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A Ugandan worker collects a rubber glove from the airing line during a visit by the Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, at the Mulago National Referral Hospital Isolation Unit, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo Virus, in Mulago suburb, of Kampala, Uganda, on…
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“I am in Uganda, where the government has mounted a prompt and capable response to the outbreak of Ebola,” Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The head of the World Health Organization on Monday (June 8, 2026) visited Uganda, where a deadly Ebola outbreak has…