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Uganda Ebola outbreak under control -CDC


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African top public health body said says that the Ebola outbreak in Uganda was coming under control, as it had been 39 days since the last confirmed case of the virus had been reported in the country. Officials first confirmed the outbreak…

Uganda: WHO expects Ebola vaccines for trial


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Ebola vaccines are expected to arrive soon in Uganda, the head of emergency operations for WHO Africa says progress is being made. Since the outbreak was declared on 20th September, the virus has spread across the country disrupting the…

Sudan Ebola Virus: WHO deploys candidate vaccines to Uganda


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The World Health Organization (WHO) has deployed the first doses of candidate vaccines against the Sudan Ebola virus to Uganda and they are expected to arrive in the coming days. A press statement by the global health body on Thursday…

EU allocates €200,000 to combat Ebola outbreak in Uganda


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The European Union has mobilised 200,000 euros to help the Ugandan Red Cross in the face of a fresh Ebola outbreak which has already left more than 40 people dead in the country, the European Commission announced in a statement. The EU…

NCDC conducts rapid risk assessment to moderate Ebola outbreak


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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says it has conducted a rapid risk assessment to guide the country’s preparedness in case of an outbreak of Ebola in the country. The NCDC said this risk assessment was conducted following the…

Ebola infections soar in Uganda


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Ebola infections have risen to across districts in Uganda, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed and suspected deaths to 23, health authorities in the east African country said. Uganda declared an Ebola outbreak last Tuesday after…

Uganda Ebola death toll rises – health ministry


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Three more Ebola patients have died in Uganda, the health ministry says, bringing the total death toll to four. This comes days after authorities confirmed an outbreak. "In the last 24 hours, three new deaths have been recorded," the…

DR Congo confirms new case of Ebola


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The Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed a new case of the Ebola virus. The virus was confirmed on Tuesday by the World Health Organization and is linked to the outbreak that killed almost three-and-a-half-thousand people in the…

WHO declares end to Ebola outbreak in Congo


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The latest outbreak of the Ebola disease in Congo has officially been declared over, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The Who Health Organisation said, the outbreak affected the north western Équateur province, with the…

New Ebola outbreak in DR Congo


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A new case of Ebola haemorrhagic fever has been confirmed in the north-western Democratic Republic of Congo. The case was detected in a 31-year-old male in Mbandaka city, the capital of Congo’s Equateur province. The World Health…