The Congolese health minister confirmed an attack on an Ebola treatment center in Beni on Thursday, but assured the public that most of the patients who fled the center had tested negative for the virus during their first assessments. Dr. Oly Ilunga said 21 people categorized as suspected cases left…
Congolese opposition politicians are crying foul after a national electoral commission (CENI) decision announced Wednesday that will exclude three large cities and some 1.2 million voters from Sunday’s elections, on the grounds that the Ebola outbreak and community violence pose too much risk. CENI said that Beni, Butembo and Yumbi…
The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo has now claimed 336 lives, with the number of cases reported Thursday by the country’s Ministry of Health rising to 560. The new total in what has become the second-largest Ebola outbreak in global history, after the 2014 West African outbreak, includes…
The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo has reached another milestone, as the cases reported by the country’s Ministry of Health now stand at 500. The new total in what has become the second-largest Ebola outbreak in global history, after the 2014 West African outbreak, includes 452 confirmed cases…
The Ebola death toll jumped to 87 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as the country’s Ministry of Health was confronted with a new challenge: a confirmed death in Butembo, a city of 1.4 million people. “Local authorities are focusing on how to enforce preventive measures,” said Sylvain Kanyamanda, the…