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DRC confirms one more Ebola case

DRC confirms one more Ebola case

DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo has confirmed one more case of Ebola, the daughter of a woman who caught Ebola and died earlier this month in the ongoing resurgence, the World Health Organization said yesterday. Congo has now confirmed a total of seven Ebola cases and four deaths since it declared a resurgence of the disease on February 7. The latest patient had nursed her mother after she contracted the virus and then attended her burial, which was not conducted under advised health safety protocols, the WHO said. The country has experienced 11 outbreaks since the virus was first discovered near…
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TIMELINE – Tracking Ebola outbreaks

TIMELINE – Tracking Ebola outbreaks

NITA BHALLA GUINEA and the Democratic Republic of Congo are racing to contain fresh outbreaks of Ebola that have killed at least four people, amid fears the virus could spread across the region. It is the first time Ebola has been detected in West Africa since the world's worst outbreak in 2013-2016, which killed 11,300 people, mostly in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. The world's second-deadliest outbreak was declared over last year in Congo, which has also witnessed a resurgence this month. The World Health Organization has warned that the latest cases pose a risk to other African nations and…
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Ebola: WHO alerts six African countries

Ebola: WHO alerts six African countries

THE World Health Organization has alerted six countries to watch out for potential Ebola cases after fresh outbreaks in Guinea and Democratic Republic of Congo, a spokeswoman said yesterday. Guinea declared a new Ebola outbreak on Sunday in the first resurgence of the disease there since the 2013-2016 outbreak, while the Democratic Republic of Congo reported a resurgence of the virus on February. Guinea has recorded up to 10 suspected cases of Ebola and five people have died since the start of a new outbreak of the deadly virus in the southeast of the West African nation, medical authorities said…
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