Articles filed under Ebola
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UN health chief warns of 'very high' risk of Ebola spreadMay 20, 2019 7:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - The head of the U.N. health agency says the risk that the Ebola virus will spread remains "very high." Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was speaking Monday at th...
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Aid group: More funds needed for Ebola safe burials in CongoMay 16, 2019 7:00 am - DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - An international aid organization says it only has enough funding to continue safe burials for Ebola victims in eastern Congo for two more weeks. T...
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Ebola treatment center attacked again in eastern CongoMay 13, 2019 7:00 am - BENI, Congo (AP) - Authorities say an Ebola treatment has come under attack again in eastern Congo. Butembo Mayor Sylvain Kanyamanda said Monday that one of the attacker...
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WHO warns Ebola could spread elsewhere if attacks don't stopMay 10, 2019 7:00 am - DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - The World Health Organization warned Friday that it may not be possible to contain Ebola to the two affected provinces in eastern Congo if violent ...
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City in Congo's Ebola outbreak attacked by militia; 8 deadMay 08, 2019 7:00 am - BENI, Congo (AP) - Militia fighters attacked a city at the epicenter of Congo's Ebola outbreak on Wednesday after threatening health workers in the field, further damagi...
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AP Explains: Why this Ebola outbreak is a special challengeMay 04, 2019 7:00 am - JOHANNESBURG (AP) - More than 1,000 deaths have now been confirmed in eastern Congo's Ebola outbreak, the second-worst in history behind the West African one in 2014-16 ...
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The Latest: Ebola deaths top 1,000 in Congo outbreakMay 03, 2019 7:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - The Latest on the Ebola outbreak in Congo (all times local): 7:15 p.m. Congo's Health Ministry says more than 1,000 people have died in an Ebola outbreak t...
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Ebola outbreak deaths top 1,000 in Congo amid clinic attacksMay 03, 2019 7:00 am - KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - More than 1,000 people have died from Ebola in eastern Congo since August, the country's health minister said Friday as hostility toward health wo...
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Congo Ebola cases hit record for most reported in single dayApr 30, 2019 7:00 am - BUTEMBO, Congo (AP) - The woman spent more than a week at home sick before family members tried to take her to an Ebola treatment center in eastern Congo. Before the mot...
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Doctors at Ebola epicenter in Congo threaten strikeApr 24, 2019 7:00 am - BUTEMBO, Congo (AP) - Doctors at the epicenter of Congo's Ebola crisis are threatening to go on strike indefinitely if health workers are attacked again. The march on We...