The World Health Organization (WHO) announced Sunday the end of the most recent Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo. The declaration comes following two consecutive 21-day incubation cycles in which the last confirmed Ebola patient has tested negative twice, for a total of 42 days. The Bas-Uélé province in…
The World Health Organization says its investigation into an Ebola outbreak in northern Democratic Republic of Congo centers on a 39-year-old man whose fatal symptoms first appeared on April 22. The organization also is focused on two of his contacts. One is a moto-taxi driver who took the man to…
The World Health Organization has confirmed a case of Ebola virus in Democratic Republic of Congo. The case was confirmed Thursday at a Kinshasa laboratory, the WHO said in a series of Twitter messages released Friday afternoon. Three deaths have been reported among a total of nine cases under investigation. The…