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Ebola, Dr Tedros and Democratic Republic of Congo

WHO chief lands in eastern DR Congo, epicenter of Ebola, as outbreak outpaces response

The head of the World Health Organization Saturday arrived in eastern DR Congo’s Bunia, a city at the heart of an outbreak of a rare type of Ebola, where the virus still spreads faster than the respon...

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'We are here to help': WHO chief visits epicentre of Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

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WHO chief visits town at the epicentre of Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

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Ebola: First Recovery Confirmed In Congo Outbreak, Says WHO

The World Health Organization on Friday announced the first recovery of a confirmed Ebola patient in the outbreak raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Kenya approves US Ebola quarantine request as WHO chief heads to Congo

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WHO chief calls for more funding to fight Ebola in DR Congo

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WHO chief heads to Ebola-hit DR Congo

The WHO has recorded 10 confirmed and 223 suspected Ebola deaths in the DRC since the outbreak was declared on May 15, out of more than 1,000 confirmed and suspected cases, according to its latest fig...

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Ebola spread in DR Congo 'alarming', charity warns, as WHO chief visits worst-hit area

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WHO chief visits epicentre of Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo as cases outpace response

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WHO Chief Visits Bunia—Epicenter Of Africa’s Ebola Outbreak (Live Updates)

There have been more than 220 suspected deaths since the start of the Ebola outbreak.

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WHO director-general arrives in DRC amid Ebola outbreak

There are currently 906 suspected cases and 223 suspected deaths in the DRC.

Ebola cases rise in Democratic Republic of the Congo

The medical charity, Médicins Sans Frontières, has warned that Ebola is spreading in the Democratic Republic of the Congo at a 'deeply alarming' rate. We hear from the Democratic Republic of the Congo as the head of the World Health Organisation Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrives.

WHO urges ceasefire in Congo to contain Ebola as cases surge

(Corrects paragraph 5 to state that North and South Kivu provinces are partially controlled by M23 rebels, not that North Kivu is held by M23 and South Kivu is controlled by the Alliance Fleuve Congo;

Congo's Ebola outbreak is spiraling, with health workers struggling to contain the virus

The epicenter of the Ebola outbreak is in Mongbwalu, a poor gold-mining town of 130,000 people, in Ituri province, in eastern Congo.

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The known unknowns of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

On the 17th of May the World Health Organisation declared a new outbreak of Ebolavirus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as an International Emergency. Ebola virus is an extremely nasty viral disease with a high death toll.

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WHO reports 906 suspected cases and 223 suspected deaths from Bundibugyo strain of Ebola

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, May 29 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Friday that there were 906 suspected cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including 223 suspected deaths that were being investigated.