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DR Congo declares 14th Ebola outbreak over

July 5, 2022

In this July 16, 2019 photo, health workers dressed in protective gear begin their shift at an Ebola treatment center in Beni, Congo DRC. (JEROME DELAY / AP) KINSHASA -- The health ministry of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Monday declared an end of the latest Ebola...

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WHO: DRC sees 5 Ebola cases, all dead, amid latest outbreak

May 25, 2022

In this July 16, 2019 photo, health workers dressed in protective gear begin their shift at an Ebola treatment center in Beni, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (JEROME DELAY / AP) KINSHASA - The Democratic Republic of the Congo has reported five cases of Ebola virus disease amid the...

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DR Congo declares new Ebola outbreak

April 25, 2022

This colorized transmission electron micrograph (TEM) obtained March 24, 2014 from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, reveals some of the ultrastructural morphology displayed by an Ebola virus virion. (HANDOUT / CDC / Cynthia Goldsmith / AFP) BRAZZAVILLE/KINSHASA - The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) declared...

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Congo declares end of Ebola outbreak that killed six people

December 17, 2021

In July 13, 2019 file photo, a child is vaccinated against Ebola in Beni, Congo. (Jerome Delay, file / ap) BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo - Authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday declared the end of an Ebola outbreak that emerged in early October in North Kivu province...

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WHO: 3 new Ebola cases confirmed in eastern Congo

October 19, 2021

Medical workers walk outside the Butsili health center in Beni, eastern Congo on Oct 9, 2021. A case of Ebola has been confirmed after a child died and tested positive at the hospital, according to the country's Health Ministry and the National Institute of Biomedical Research. (AP PHOTO / Al-HADJI...

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Ebola misdiagnosis causes Ivory Coast to vaccinate 4,000

September 3, 2021

An agent of the National Institute of Public Hygiene vaccinates a doctor against the Ebola virus, at the University Hospital of Cocody during a vaccination operation of health personnel after the first Ebola patient was brought in, in Cocody, Ivory Coast on Aug 16, 2021. (SIA KAMBOU / AFP) Ivory...

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Ivory Coast starts Ebola vaccinations after case reported

August 18, 2021

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Ivory Coast confirms first Ebola outbreak in more than 25 years

August 16, 2021

This colorized transmission electron micrograph (TEM) obtained March 24, 2014 from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, reveals some of the ultrastructural morphology displayed by an Ebola virus virion. (HANDOUT / CDC / Cynthia Goldsmith / AFP) Ivory Coast health authorities have confirmed the country’s first Ebola...

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DR Congo declares end of latest Ebola outbreak

May 4, 2021

A medical worker checks the quarantine area of the Matanda Hospital in Butembo, where the first case of Ebola died, in the North Kivu province of Congo on Feb. 11, 2021. (AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO / AP) KINSHASA - The Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday declared the end of an...

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WHO sees Ebola risk as ‘very high’ for Guinea’s neighbors

March 6, 2021

A health worker from the Guinean Ministry of Health cleans a suspected contact of an Ebola patient's arm ahead of administering an anti-Ebola vaccine in Gueckedou, Guinea, on Feb 23, 2021. (CAROL VALADE / AFP) GENEVA - World Health Organization officials said on Friday the risk of an Ebola outbreak...

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WHO concerned by new Ebola outbreaks in 2 African nations

February 17, 2021

This colorized transmission electron micrograph (TEM) obtained March 24, 2014 from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, reveals some of the ultrastructural morphology displayed by an Ebola virus virion. (HANDOUT / CDC / CYNTHIA GOLDSMITH / AFP) GENEVA - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday expressed...