Democratic Republic Of Congo World Health Organisation declares new ebola emergency in Democratic Republic of Congo
Democratic Republic Of Congo An Ebola vaccination campaign starts on Monday in DR Congo 4,000 doses of the vaccine were shipped to Mbandaka over the weekend after the country is facing its ninth outbreak 20/05/2018
world news As it happened this morning: Friday, May 18 Euronews brings you the latest news and updates as they happen this morning. 18/05/2018
Democratic Republic Of Congo DRC reports first urban case of Ebola Newly developed Ebola vaccines arrive in Kinshasa as fears grow that the deadly virus has spread to the city of Mbandaka 17/05/2018
Democratic Republic Of Congo DR Congo confirms new outbreak of Ebola virus The Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed the first death in a new outbreak of the Ebola virus in the central African country. Health Minister Oly Ilunga said that a further 11 people had been infected, including three medical staff. 11/05/2018
Democratic Republic Of Congo Ebola outbreak confirmed in DR Congo Local health officials reported 21 patients showing signs of the disease around the village of Ikoko Impenge, near the town of Bikoro. 09/05/2018
Uganda Concern amid outbreak of deadly Marburg virus disease One woman has been confirmed dead but hundreds may have been exposed to the virus, says WHO. 20/10/2017
Yemen 'Over 100' killed in cholera outbreak in Yemen capital Sanaa At least 115 people have been killed by an outbreak of cholera in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, according to the local Saba news agency. 15/05/2017
Democratic Republic Of Congo DR Congo: Ebola outbreak confirmed At least one person has died from the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo according to the World Health Organisation and the country's Health Ministry. 13/05/2017
world news Ebola outbreak no longer poses global health risk - WHO The West African Ebola outbreak no longer constitutes a major risk to international public health, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced on 29/03/2016
Business Millions committed for Ebola vaccine deal Gavi, an alliance committed to saving lives through vaccination, has put up $5 million for future purchases of a vaccine from US drugmaker Merck Sharp & Dohme to help take it through late-stage clinic 20/01/2016
Sierra Leone Ebola is back after West Africa declared Ebola-free A aid agency report says a woman who died of Ebola in Sierra Leone this week has potentially exposed at least twenty-seven other people to the virus 15/01/2016
Europe News WHO declares Liberia free of Ebola The World Health Organisation has declared that Liberia is free of Ebola. It means the latest outbreak of the deadly disease is effectively over. The 14/01/2016
World Ebola hits affected countries in the pockets Experts say the situation is looking up 12/01/2016
no comment Guinea celebrates end of ebola Guinea holds a concert to mark the end of Ebola in its country after it was declared Ebola-free by the WHO. 31/12/2015
Guinea Guinea free of Ebola, says WHO Public education and aggressive intervention have paid off and Guinea is now Ebola-free – so says the World Health Organization, two years after the 29/12/2015
Liberia Ebola re-emerges in Liberia: three new cases announced Ebola has once more reared its head in Liberia, where three new cases have emerged a matter of months after the country was declared free of the 21/11/2015
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone celebrates end of Ebola outbreak Vigils and celebrations have been held in Freetown to mark the end of Sierra Leone’s Ebola outbreak, which killed close to 4,000 people in the 08/11/2015
Sierra Leone WHO declares Sierra Leone free of Ebola The World Health Organisation has declared Sierra Leone free of Ebola. There hasn’t been a single case of the disease for the past 42 days. The 07/11/2015
Spain New Ebola vaccine is tested on Spanish volunteers A new Ebola vaccine is being tested for the first time in Europe on volunteers at a Spanish hospital in Madrid. Forty health workers are being 15/10/2015
Sierra Leone Ebola can survive in semen for up to nine months, study finds New study reveals Ebola to be a disease that can survive for a prolonged period in a male host and be transmitted after the victim makes a full recovery 15/10/2015
United Kingdom 'Ebola nurse' Pauline Cafferkey critically ill Pauline Cafferkey was readmitted to an specialist isolation unit at London's Royal Free Hospital last week. 14/10/2015
United Kingdom British Ebola nurse 'critically ill' at London hospital A British nurse, treated successfully in January after contracting Ebola in Sierra Leone, is now “critically ill.” Pauline Cafferkey, 39, is in a 14/10/2015
Sierra Leone Ebola-infected Scottish nurse readmitted to hospital Pauline Cafferkey, the Scottish nurse who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone has been readmitted to a hospital isolation unit. Medical personnel 09/10/2015
world news Ebola: is the epidemic over? It has now been a week since any new cases of Ebola were declared in the three West African countries at the centre of a recent epidemic. The World 08/10/2015
World Deadly spread of Ebola 'could be stopped by end of year' Ebola’s devastating grip on West Africa could be lifted by the end of year, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). WHO says Guinea is 26/08/2015
Liberia Liberia launches child registration drive post Ebola crisis The Liberian government is on a drive to register more than 70,000 children born at the height of the Ebola epidemic. 70,000 Liberian births 04/08/2015
