Ebola spreading more rapidly in Congo as death toll tops 2,500, UN warns
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- Bloomberg Technology·2h agoCongo Ebola Outbreak Spreads as Violence and Strikes Disrupt Response
Ebola responders were chased with machetes while trying to bury a victim in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, one of the latest attacks on frontline workers struggling to contain an epidemic that’s spreading faster than they can respond.
Read at Bloomberg Technology → - Guardian Health·17h agoEbola day 100: why this outbreak could become the deadliest in history – video explainer
More than 2,000 people have died from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since the first case of this epidemic was recorded in May. The Guardian's global health correspondent, Kat Lay, spoke to CDC Africa's Yap Boum II to understand why health teams on the ground are…
Read at Guardian Health → - Channel 4 News·1d ago100 days of Ebola: DRC outbreak now fastest growing on record
Tens of thousands of doses of a vaccine used for previous strains of Ebola have begun arriving in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Read at Channel 4 News → - ABC News AU·1d agoThousands of Ervebo vaccine doses arrive in Ebola-stricken DRC
The Ervebo vaccine is most effective against the Zaire strain of the Ebola virus, however the WHO said it may provide some protection against the current Bundibugyo strain.
Read at ABC News AU → - Guardian UK·1d agoEbola frontline workers missing wages as outbreak spreads ‘exponentially’
People fighting to contain rapidly growing outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo describe the obstacles and dangers they face Every day, Sophie Mwadawa Kabundo goes to her job as a nurse at an Ebola treatment centre in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the…
Read at Guardian UK → - Irish Independent·1d agoCongo gambles on ‘old’ vaccine as new Ebola virus spirals
Outbreak expected to be the largest ever by next month
Read at Irish Independent → - Express Tribune World·1d agoDR Congo receives 1st batch of vaccines to contain Ebola outbreak
50,000 more doses expected as MSF warns affected communities not receiving adequate support to contain virus
Read at Express Tribune World → - DW News EN·2d agoDRC Ebola outbreak 'growing exponentially,' UN says
The Ebola outbreak in the DRC is rapidly spreading in an area "bigger than France," according to a senior UN official. The WHO is providing the country with thousands of vaccine doses in a bid to contain the virus.
Read at DW News EN → - Medical Xpress·2d agoHere's data that shows Congo's Ebola outbreak is on track to surpass history's largest
The Ebola outbreak that is spreading at unprecedented speed in Congo has not peaked yet and could be three times the current known size, according to data from authorities and Africa's top public health agency.
Read at Medical Xpress → - Irish Times World·2d agoEbola spreading rapidly in Congo as death toll tops 2,500, says United Nations
Health workers coming under attack by locals terrified by outbreak and are themselves dying from disease
Read at Irish Times World → - CBC Top Stories·2d agoEbola spreading exponentially in Congo as death toll tops 2,500, UN says
With emergency funds set to run dry within weeks, front-line responders in the Democratic Republic of Congo are facing escalating violence and conspiracy theories while attempting to contain the Bundibugyo Ebola strain.
Read at CBC Top Stories → - Irish Independent World·2d agoEbola spreading more rapidly in Congo as death toll tops 2,500, UN warnsRead at Irish Independent World →
- Independent World·2d agoCongo’s Ebola crisis deepens as deaths pass 2,500 and health workers are attacked
A UN official has confirmed over 2,500 people have died during the Ebola epidemic
Read at Independent World → - 7NEWS Australia·3d agoFastest Ebola outbreak in history surpasses 5000 cases as vaccines arrive in Congo
About 2378 people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo with a fatality rate of 47.4 per cent.
Read at 7NEWS Australia →
