Tag: Ebola
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Schools reopen in Congo’s Ebola epicenter despite concerns from parents and teachers
A new academic year began Tuesday across Congo despite concerns by parents and teachers that the ongoing Ebola outbreak poses risks to children in the epicenter. ... -
Mobile gold miners hamper Ebola fight
Isaac Batisa is only 11, but he spends his days digging for gold at a mine in eastern Congo, hoping to earn enough to help support ... -
Congo Ebola health workers protest unpaid wages
Dozens of Congolese health workers at the epicenter of the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record staged protests yesterday to demand payment for their wages, abandoning several ... -
Ebola kills 1,700 in eastern Congo as the fastest-growing outbreak surges
Ebola has killed more than 1,700 people in eastern Congo in the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease, data showed. As of yesterday, 3,802 cases had been ... -
Some health workers in Ebola outbreak go on strike over pay issues as deaths near 600
The healthcare workers at the epicenter of Congo’s Ebola outbreak are walking off their jobs to protest delays in their payments, threatening efforts to slow the outbreak that officials ... -
‘We’re still behind’ in Congo’s Ebola outbreak even as testing improves, WHO chief says
Congo’s Ebola outbreak remains ahead of response efforts despite improved testing capacity, according to World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Speaking after a visit to ... -
Appeals in Congo for more supplies as aid groups warn Ebola outbreak is ‘gaining momentum’
Healthcare workers and aid groups in eastern Congo said yesterday they are in dire need of more supplies and staff to respond to the rare Ebola outbreak, as armed ... -
WHO expresses concern over scale and speed of Ebola outbreak
At least 131 deaths and over 500 suspected cases have been reported in the latest Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo, the Congolese health ministry said yesterday ... -
Macau ramps up screenings despite low risk
Macau authorities have stepped up health screenings for travelers arriving from or transiting through Ebola-affected regions after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak in ... -
WHO declares global health emergency over Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared the Ebola disease outbreak in Congo and neighboring Uganda a public health emergency of international concern yesterday after more than 300 suspected ... -
Beijing sending large Ebola relief team to West Africa
China is ramping up its assistance in the fight against Ebola by dispatching an additional 232 army medical workers to West Africa, state media reported yesterday. The ... -
ANALYSIS | Stricter Ebola protection for health workers advised by US
U.S. health officials will issue stricter Ebola guidelines to protect the nation’s medical workers after two caregivers were infected in Dallas while treating a patient who ... -
Ebola | 2nd US health care worker tests positive
A second health care worker at a Dallas hospital who provided care for the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the U.S. has tested positive for the ... -
SIERRA LEONE | Gov’t to cordon off 3 areas to stop Ebola
Sierra Leone restricted travel yesterday into and within three more “hotspots” of Ebola where 1.5 million people live, meaning that more than a third of the ... -
EBOLA | US to assign 3,000 from US military to fight outbreak
The Obama administration is ramping up its response to West Africa’s Ebola crisis, preparing to assign 3,000 U.S. military personnel to the afflicted region to supply medical and ...
