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UNITED NATIONS | Xinhua |  The hostile environment in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is hampering response to an Ebola outbreak, UN humanitarians warned Monday. The United Nations (UN) and its humanitarian partners said that insecurity, population movements and displacement are significantly complicating surveillance, contact tracing and …

Kanungu, Uganda | URN | The Uganda–Democratic Republic of Congo border in Kanungu District has been temporarily closed following an Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo, as authorities intensify measures to prevent the disease from spreading into Uganda. The closure affects the Ishasha and Kyeshero border points, which serve as …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | ‎‎The East African Community (EAC) Secretariat has called on all Partner States to heighten surveillance, strengthen emergency preparedness and intensify cross-border coordination following confirmation of a new outbreak of Ebola Bundibugyo Virus Disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).‎ ‎The outbreak was …

  How new Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo forced Uganda to halt its biggest religious gathering   Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | For weeks, Christian Congolese pilgrims had been walking. From the crowded trading centres in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, from villages shadowed by militia violence and chronic displacement, …

Hoima, Uganda | URN | Health officials in Hoima district have isolated one person at the Hoima regional referral hospital after he presented with Ebola-like symptoms. The suspected case is of a 50-year-old man who is a resident of Runga landing site situated on the shores of Lake Albert in …

GENEVA | Xinhua | The World Health Organisation on Sunday determined that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda constitutes a “public health emergency of international concern.” The WHO said on social media platform X that the outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo virus, does not …

KINSHASA, DRC | Xinhua | The death toll from the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has risen to 87, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said Saturday, warning that the outbreak is driven by the Bundibugyo strain, for which no …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Ministry of Health has confirmed an outbreak of Ebola Bundibugyo Virus Disease following the death of a 59-year-old Congolese national who had been admitted to Kibuli Muslim Hospital in Kampala. According to a press statement issued this evening, the patient was admitted on May …

  Uganda’s health ministry said a Congolese man had died in Kampala of the Bundibugyo virus strain Kinshasa, DRC | AGENCIES | Eighty people have died in a new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the country’s health ministry said on May. 15. Health Minister Samuel Roger Kamba …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has revealed that 21 countries had, by Friday, declared measles outbreaks—an alarming development given that the disease is highly preventable through vaccination. Speaking to journalists during a press briefing, Prof. Yap Boum II, the Deputy …