A new outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus has infected 100 people in a western province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a rapid spread that has worried health officials about the chances of an uncontrolled epidemic. The outbreak in Equateur Province began in early June, when a cluster of …
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Ebola is spreading in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with almost 50 known cases in a large region bordering the Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. Mike Ryan, the WHO’s top emergency expert, said Monday that 48 cases had …
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TThe Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has ended. Thursday was 42 days since the last person with Ebola was discharged, double the maximum time it takes for symptoms to appear. Almost two years of hard work and community leadership in the DRC have paid …
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