The number of deaths comes as healthcare workers threaten to walk off the job over a delay in payments. At least 600 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have died from Ebola, as the number of confirmed cases of the illness rose to 1,759, according to government data. The total numb»»»

KINSHASA -- The death toll from the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has surpassed 500, according to a report released Sunday by the country's health authorities. According to the report, the country has recorded 1,561 confirmed cases, including 506 deaths. A tota»»»

EVIAN, France, June 16, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - G7 leaders called on Tuesday for a "strong and coordinated" response to the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo, with the Red Cross warning the epidemic has yet to peak. At a summit in France, the leaders of the group of seven industrialised natio»»»

KINSHASA, June 9 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese medical expert team on Tuesday met with representatives of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), to discuss the Ebola epidemic situation, prevention a»»»

The Red Cross on Friday denounced an attack on its volunteers earlier this week during a burial in the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The attack happened on Monday in Bunia, in northeastern DRC, injuring several people as they performed a "safe and dignified bu»»»

A burial team was attacked and 11 Ebola patients fled isolation facilities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as the outbreak spread to another health zone in the country’s hardest-hit province. A team attempting to safely bury an Ebola victim was assaulted in the South Kivu town of Katana, f»»»

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could have begun as early as January, the head of the World Health Organization said, giving the virus “a big head start”. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also said the response was being hindered by blanket travel restrictions and highlighte»»»

The World Health Organization (WHO) chief on Saturday called on communities in the center of the Congo's latest Ebola outbreak to play a central role in fighting the disease. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday to coordinate the re»»»

Add TNIE As A Trusted Source GENEVA: The World Health Organization on Friday announced the first recovery of a confirmed Ebola patient in the outbreak raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo. "The DRC has said that on May 27, a patient recovered and left the hospital and has been discharged into»»»

WHO recorded 17 confirmed and 223 suspected Ebola deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo since the outbreak was declared on May 15. (EPA Images pic) GENEVA: The World Health Organization on Friday announced the first recovery of a confirmed Ebola patient in the outbreak raging in the Democratic»»»

GENEVA, May 29 — The World Health Organization today announced the first recovery of a confirmed Ebola patient in the outbreak raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo. “The DRC has said that on May 27, a patient recovered and left the hospital and has been discharged into the community,” the WHO»»»

GENEVA: The World Health Organization on Friday (May 29) announced the first recovery of a confirmed Ebola patient in the outbreak raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo. "The DRC has said that on May 27, a patient recovered and left the hospital and has been discharged into the community," the»»»

Share: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization, said Thursday that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has killed more than 200 people, can still be contained despite conflict in the country’s east. He also urged armed groups to declare a ceas»»»

Canada's decision to temporarily ban residents of South Sudan, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo was not based on advice from public health officials, Health Minister Marjorie Michel confirmed in a news conference on Thursday. She said the move was taken due to considerations over Canada »»»

Millions of people in central Africa rely on wild meat for their nutrition, especially in rural areas around the Congo rainforest, the second largest tropical rainforest in the world. Here, meat from domestic animals is scarce due to poor national transport infrastructure, livestock diseases and la»»»

A sample tested for Ebola Virus Disease in India has returned negative, according to the National Institute of Virology. The individual, who had traveled from Uganda and reported mild symptoms, was isolated as a precaution. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare confirmed no Ebola cases in India»»»

A 28-year-old woman from Uganda has been isolated at a government hospital in Bengaluru after developing mild body ache days after arriving in India, setting off precautionary Ebola surveillance measures as health authorities await laboratory test results. The woman, who landed at Kempegowda Intern»»»

Addis Ababa: The Ethiopian Ministry of Health has announced that coordinated preparedness and inspection measures are being implemented to prevent a potential Ebola outbreak in the country. Noting that the Ebola virus disease is a highly contagious and fatal disease that is easily transmitted from »»»

The World Health Organization (WHO) said more than 900 suspected cases of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola and at least 220 suspected deaths have been recorded in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as the outbreak spreads faster than health authorities can contain it. In a statement, WHO Director-»»»