The Democratic Republic of Congo’s confirmed Ebola cases have risen above 4,000 for the first time in the current outbreak, government data showed, marking a grim milestone in what health officials have described as the fastest-spreading epidemic on record. According to the latest update from Congo’s public health institute, confirmed cases reached 4,053, with 1,850…
More than 2,000 Ebola cases, including 754 deaths, have been recorded in the DR Congo, where the World Health Organization warns the outbreak may be two to four times larger than official figures suggest. The outbreak has spread to five provinces in the central African country, according to the latest figures released by…
The World Health Organization has declared an end to the hantavirus outbreak linked to a cruise ship that sailed from Argentina, after the last identified contact of an exposed person completed quarantine and tested negative for the virus. The outbreak, which infected 13 people and claimed three lives, involved the rare Andes hantavirus strain that…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the international hantavirus outbreak linked to the expedition cruise ship MV Hondius officially over after the last identified contact completed quarantine, tested negative and returned home. WHO Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, announced the development on Thursday, saying no new cases had been reported since 25 May. “Today, the final…
The deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo threatens tens of thousands of jobs and could cost Africa up to $3.6 billion, the United Nations warned. The UN Development Programme said the epidemic was “sparking a far-reaching socioeconomic crisis which could push 985,000 more people into poverty”. “The Ebola crisis also risks eliminating…
(Health officials. Photo Credit: The Guardian) More than 300 people have died from the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), just over a month after it was first reported, according to health officials on Friday. The fatal viral illness can result in severe bleeding and organ failure and is transmitted…
A senior medical doctor working with the AIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria, in the Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue State, has died following complications from Lassa fever. The State Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Paul Ejeh-Ogwuche, confirmed the development on Monday in Makurdi, saying the ministry had activated contact tracing and surveillance…
Confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo have risen to 635, including 127 deaths, as the outbreak caused by the rare Bundibugyo strain continues to spread across the country’s eastern provinces. The new figures, released by the DRC’s Ministry of Public Health on June 10, 2026, mark a significant increase from the 550…
By Kazeem Ugbodaga The United States has announced an additional $20 million in funding to strengthen Ebola preparedness and response efforts in Africa, bringing the U.S. Department of State’s direct contribution to the ongoing outbreak to more than $220 million. The funding, unveiled on Wednesday by the U.S. Department of State, is part of a…
(President Bola Tinubu. Photo credit: Daily Post) President Bola Tinubu has established a Presidential Task Force on Ebola Virus Disease Preparedness and approved the immediate release of N10 billion in emergency intervention funding, following a rapidly expanding outbreak that has claimed at least 349 lives across the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. The…
