Addressing reporters on 1 Jun in Geneva, Tedros said the Congolese Government announced today that a new Ebola outbreak was detected near the city of Mbandaka in Équateur Province.
The WHO confirmed 20 new cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo this week, along with an additional 12 deaths. However, health officials fear more cases are hidden because warring factions are preventing help to get to those in need. Top U.S. health officials traveled to the epicenter of the outbreak in mid-September, delivering hope and much-needed medicine
As more than 10,000 people have been immunized against the Ebola virus, Gressly said, “vaccination by itself is probably not sufficient to end the epidemic. It can put a break on the spread, slow it down, but, in itself is probably not going to stop the epidemic.”
Witnesses say fears of the Ebola virus have brought border traffic between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo to a virtual standstill. Long lines and lengthy delays at the border crossings have left many traders frustrated
Ugandan Health officials and the World Health Organization are mobilizing against Ebola after it spread across the border from the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Frontline workers are risking their lives to stop the deadly virus
As of 20 January, 422 people have died in this outbreak, while 245 have survived. Two hundred and seventeen of these survivors are participating in the programme.
Now scientists have found one. Their research produced a drug cocktail called MBP134 that helped monkeys infected with three deadly strains of Ebola recover from the disease
Historically, there have been very low survival rates for pregnant women infected with Ebola, and for their babies
The UN’s children’s emergency fund says more than 30 percent of cases in this outbreak are children
UNICEF and its partners have so far identified more than 400 children who have been orphaned or left unaccompanied because of the virus