were hampered by mistrust from community members, feuds between government officials, attacks on health care facilities and the emergence of new hot spots. The announcement came even as the country contended with the world’s largest measles epidemic as well as the coronavirus pandemic.The response drew on 16,000 front-line workers, technological innovation and a new vaccine.…
Vaccination helped control an Ebola outbreak in the east of the country [File - Al-hadji Kudra Maliro/AP] The Democratic Republic of the Congo has recorded 17 Ebola cases in a new outbreak of the deadly virus in the western province of Equateur and 11 of those infected have died, health officials said on Monday. Authorities…
A country that’s already battling the novel coronavirus and experiencing the world’s largest measles outbreak is now reporting a new outbreak of Ebola.The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo this week announced a new outbreak of Ebola in the city of Mbandaka. At least six cases of the deadly disease, which causes fever,…
Thanks, 2020 — The outbreak has come at a "challenging time" health officials say. Beth Mole - Jun 1, 2020 10:49 pm UTC Enlarge / Health workers operate within an Ebola safety zone in the Health Center in Iyonda, near Mbandaka, on June 1, 2018. A new outbreak of Ebola has ignited in the Democratic…
June 1, 2020 | 3:29pm Enlarge Image Moise Vaghemi, 33, (L) an Ebola survivor who works as a nurse cares for a patient who is suspected to be suffering from Ebola. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo Authorities in Congo are reporting a new outbreak of Ebola in the western part of the African nation on Monday. The…
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