Ebola claims 31 lives in DRC as health authorities race to contain outbreak

Daijiworld Media Network - Kinshasa Kinshasa, Sep 18: The latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has claimed at least 31 lives, with health officials scrambling to contain the spread in the remote central province of...

At least 31 dead in latest Ebola outbreak in DR Congo: WHO

KINSHASA, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- At least 31 people have died in the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a World Health Organization (WHO) official said Thursday. Patrick Otim, an official from the WHO Regional...

2 Ebola Patients Recover In DR Congo

Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have announced that the first two patients treated for Ebola in the Bulape health zone, Kasai Province, have fully recovered and been discharged from the local treatment centre. The World...

Ebola vaccination begins in DRC: WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Sunday said it had begun vaccinating front-line health workers and contacts of people infected with Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) Kasai province, where an outbreak has been declared....

The National Institute of Biomedical Research and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics Respond to 16th Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo and MIAMI, Sept. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Minister of Health from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has declared an outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Kasai Province after samples...

DRC Ebola Outbreak: Ring Vaccination Begins in Kasai’s Bulape as Response Scales Up

September 14, 2025: Bulape, DRC - Health authorities have started vaccinating frontline health workers and contacts of confirmed Ebola virus disease cases in the Bulape health zone, using the Ervebo vaccine in a ring-vaccination strategy after...

DRC begins vaccinating against new Ebola outbreak

Kinshasa – The Democratic Republic of Congo began on Sunday a vaccine programme against a fresh Ebola epidemic, which has killed 28 people in the country since late August. A first load of 400 doses against the often fatal viral disease was handed...

Uganda on alert as Ebola virus spreads in DRC

As neighbouring DR Congo faces a new Ebola outbreak, Uganda’s Ministry of Health has confirmed that effective measures are in place to block cross-border transmission of the deadly virus. The new outbreak, which has so far killed 15 people, was...

Congo-Rwanda deal offers US role in minerals sector

PARIS: Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo will commit to working with third parties, including the US, to revamp their mineral supply chains and develop reforms as they seek to spur investment following a peace deal reached in Washington....

WHO Updates Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo

The World Health Organization (WHO) updates disease outbreak news on Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). As of 4 September 2025, 28 suspected cases, including 15 deaths (case fatality ratio (CFR): 54%), have been...

Ebola vaccination begins in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - WHO

The World Health Organisation on Sunday said it had begun vaccinating frontline health workers and contacts of people infected with the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Kasai Province, where an outbreak has been declared. The...

Congo-Rwanda draft deal outlines role of US, others in revamp of minerals sector

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo will commit to working with third parties, including the U.S., to revamp their mineral supply chains and develop reforms, according to a draft of an economic framework seen by Reuters, as they seek to...

Ebola vaccine arrives in DR Congo hot spot as illnesses, deaths rise

Just 10 days after the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) declared an Ebola virus outbreak in Kasai province, vaccination in the affected health zone began, targeting frontline health workers and contacts sick patients, the World Health...

WHO launches Ebola vaccination in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The agency is launching an immunization campaign after confirming an outbreak with at least 16 deaths in Kasai state. Health workers prepare for a vaccination campaign in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The WHO has launched an emergency...

Democratic Republic of Congo: 15 deaths due to new Ebola outbreak

Kinshasa - Saba: The Ministry of Health in the Democratic Republic of Congo has recorded a new outbreak of Ebola, which has so far resulted in 15 deaths, including four health workers. According to the Oman News Agency, the ministry stated that...

WHO commences Ebola vaccination in DR Congo

The World Health Organisation has begun Ebola virus vaccination for frontline health workers and other people infected by the virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Kasai Province where an outbreak of the disease was reported. The...

Ebola vaccination underway in DR Congo amid 16th outbreak; WHO warns of tough fight

KINSHASA, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) has said Ebola vaccination is underway in Kasai Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as the country battles its 16th outbreak since 1976 amid warnings of a...

Ebola Vaccines and Treatments Dispatched to the Democratic Republic of the Congo

(Vax-Before-Travel News)Vaccination of frontline health workers and contacts of people infected with Ebola virus disease has begun in Bulape health zone in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) 's Kasai Province, where an outbreak of the...

WHO Launches Ebola Vaccination Drive In DRC Amid Growing Outbreak

The World Health Organization (WHO) has begun vaccinating frontline health workers and contacts of Ebola patients in response to a new outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) Kasai Province. Health officials confirmed that an...

DR Congo begins vaccinating against new Ebola outbreak

In this file photo a man receives a vaccine against Ebola from a nurse outside the Afia Himbi Health Center on July 15,2019 in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Photo: AFP) KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP)-The Democratic Republic of Congo began on...