
New York. The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that the new Ebola infection spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo is heading towards becoming the deadliest in history. Speaking t...
CONGO, Aug 3: Esther Lutula stopped going for prenatal checkups shortly after the current Ebola outbreak was declared in eastern Congo. Midway into her pregnancy, the 26-year-old feared being put i...

Assault on responders raises fears of further transmission as confirmed cases climb across eastern Congo. Residents attacked an Ebola burial team in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Ki...

The Bundibugyo Ebola virus is currently spreading rapidly in the African nation of Congo. The virus has also reached Uganda, a neighbouring country. Seeing the risk that its extraordinary and rapid...
17th May 2026, Kathmandu The World Health Organization has officially declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern following a highly aggressive outbreak of Ebola virus disease in t...

Kathmandu. The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo has reached 4,053, with 1,850 deaths. Health officials are investigating the unprecedented outbreak of the virus. ...
KINSHASA, July 11: Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo said Saturday that the death toll from the Ebola outbreak has risen to 648, while the number of confirmed cases has rea...

French aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) on Saturday warned that the latest Ebola outbreak - the 17th since 1976 - was spreading at an unprecedented pace. The World Health Organisation chi...

Congo. Ebola infection is spreading rapidly in DR Congo. According to government data, the number of infected people has reached 3,200, and at least 1,405 people have died. This outbreak, announce...
GENEVA, July 9: The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has now claimed 600 lives, figures published by the World Health Organization showed Thursday -- only three days after the fig...

WHO prioritises experimental drugs, antivirals and vaccine candidates for clinical trials as Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak spreads in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, with no approved speci...

Kathmandu. The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in Congo has reached nearly one thousand. According to official figures released on Wednesday, at least 999 people have died in this outbreak so fa...
KINSHASA, July 4: The Democratic Republic of the Congo reported 1,502 confirmed Ebola cases, including 473 deaths, as the World Health Organization said the outbreak remains serious.

Doctors warn that delay in preparedness could turn even a single infection into a major health crisis. At a time when Ebola was spreading across several African countries in September 2015, a Nige...

Congo. According to health officials of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the number of people who died due to the Ebola outbreak has reached 648 on Saturday, and 1,830 cases of infection have been...
PARIS, June 11: Misinformation is hampering efforts to contain a deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as distrust spreads alongside the virus.

Decision comes amid an outbreak of Bundibugyo strain that has killed at least 144 people and infected over 600 in Congo and Uganda since late April. Amid concerns over possible transmission of the...

Congo. The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a comprehensive regional plan of 518 million US dollars to strengthen Ebola outbreak control and preparedness capacity in the Democratic Repu...
KINSASA, June 8: The tally of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has risen to 515, including 91 deaths, as the health authorities warned on Sunday of continued tran...

Postponement coincides with Ebola outbreak in parts of Africa. The scheduled visit of Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal to India has been postponed. The visit was seen as an opportunity to engage wi...

London. As a rare species of Ebola virus spreading in the African country of Congo and surrounding areas has started to take the form of an epidemic, scientists have rushed into a race to develop a...
WASHINGOTON, June 6: The US CDC on Friday urged strong public health interventions against the current Ebola outbreak, citing their models that show it could otherwise rival the scale of the 2014 W...

NAIROBI. The Kenyan government has moved forward with plans to establish an Ebola quarantine and treatment center in cooperation with the United States, despite a temporary restraining order from t...

GENEVA, May 27: The World Health Organization chief warned Wednesday that conflict raging in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo was dramatically complicating efforts to rein in a deadly Ebola out...

Kathmandu. World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has urged some countries to reconsider travel bans and border closures imposed due to the Ebola outbreak sprea...

BUNIA, May 26: Every time Vanny Birungi, a volunteer with the Red Cross in eastern Congo, goes out to raise awareness about the latest Ebola outbreak as suspected cases near 1,000, she faces a doub...

NAIROBI. Kenya's High Court has ordered a temporary halt to the US plan to quarantine American citizens suspected of Ebola infection in Kenya. High Court Judge Patricia Nyaundi issued an order lat...

KINSHAHA, May 17: An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 80 as authorities warned there was no vaccine for the strain in a crisis that the World Health Organizat...

Ebola virus has once again emerged as a serious public health crisis for Africa. The recent outbreaks, particularly in the Democratic Republic (DR) of Congo and Uganda, have concerned international...

Bangkok. Thailand has made 21 days of quarantine mandatory for travelers from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda due to the risk of the Ebola virus. The government has implemented a 21-day...

Kinshasa. The threat of the Ebola virus is rapidly increasing in the African country of Congo. Its outbreak has become serious in the eastern part of the country. According to the Congo government,...

Bunia. An angry mob has set fire to and vandalized a hospital at the epicenter of the Ebola epidemic in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The mob attacked the hospital a...

New York. The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that it may take up to nine months for a vaccine against the Bundibugyo species of Ebola to be ready. According to information provided by ...