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WHO seeks urgent approval for Ebola drugs

The latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has infected at least 54 people and killed 25.

30/05/2018

Democratic Republic Of Congo

Médecins sans frontières working to stop Ebola spread

Recent medical advances are helping the operation

24/05/2018

World News

As it happened this morning, Monday, May 21

How the key international stories unfolded today.

20/05/2018

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

Economy

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 News

Ebola hits affected countries in the pockets

Experts say the situation is looking up

12/01/2016

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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