Ebola
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600 dead in DR Congo Ebola outbreak
Updated numbers issued by the UN health agency showed there have been 1,759 confirmed cases in DR Congo since the outbreak was declared in mid-May, including 600 confirmed deaths.
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US Ebola facility halted, Kenya health minister tells court
Kenya has ordered a halt to preparations for a US-run Ebola quarantine facility, the health minister told a court Tuesday, after being held in contempt for ignoring a previous stop-work order.
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Kenyan police fire tear gas, make arrests at US Ebola centre protest
Kenyan protesters and police clashed Tuesday as officers fired tear gas at hundreds of people demonstrating against an Ebola quarantine centre being built for US citizens in a tourist town and made several arrests, AFP…
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Ramaphosa urges Africa CDC support on Ebola outbreak as Kenya pushes for Nanyuki’s US facility
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for a coordinated continental response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda.
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US Preparing Ebola Quarantine Center in Kenya: WSJ
The center would be for Americans “who would need to quickly get out of DRC and quarantine,” the newspaper quoted one administration official as saying.
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Riot Hits DR Congo Hospital as Ebola Response Agers Victims’ Families
Tents used to isolate Ebola patients at Rwampara hospital, in the northeastern Ituri province at the outbreak’s epicentre, were torched in the riot on Thursday, which ended swiftly after the army stepped in. Only the…
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Mlipuko Wa Ebola Wafika Bukavu Katika Eneo La Waasi Wa M23
Juhudi za kudhibiti mlipuko huu, ambao Shirika la Afya Duniani (WHO) limetangaza kuwa dharura ya kimataifa, zimekwamishwa na mizozo ya muda mrefu mashariki mwa DRC, ikiwemo mapigano kati ya jeshi la serikali na waasi wa…
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8 Uganda Ebola patients recover, outbreak ‘contained’
Eight patients treated for Ebola in Uganda have recovered, the country’s health minister said on Wednesday, declaring the country’s latest outbreak of the deadly disease “contained”.
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Uganda yatangaza mwisho wa mlipuko mbaya wa Ebola
Uganda siku ya Jumatano ilitangaza kukomesha mlipuko wa virusi vya Ebola vilivyoibuka karibu miezi minne iliyopita na kuua watu 55
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Jinsi ya kuepuka kuambukizwa Ebola
Uganda kwa sasa inapambana na mlipuko wa ugonjwa wa Ebola. Kufikia sasa, vifo vitano vimethibitishwa
