Democratic Republic of Congo

Ebola, Congo

US to block citizens in Congo from immediate travel home, citing Ebola

The Trump administration on Monday said it is blocking American citizens in the Democratic Republic of Congo from traveling to the U.S. on commercial flights, according to a White House official.

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WHO: Many Ebola infections and fatalities in Congo go undetected

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US bars direct return of citizens from Congo over Ebola

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Ebola Cases Top 2,000 in Congo as Outbreak Spreads In Haut-Uele

Ebola infections in the Democratic Republic of Congo topped 2,000 as the Bundibugyo outbreak spread into three additional health zones in Haut-Uélé province, underscoring the challenge to contain the ...

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U.S. Bars Americans From Returning From Congo Amid Widening Ebola Outbreak

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Majority of new Ebola cases are ‘from unknown chains of transmission,’ WHO official says

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Dozens at an Ebola treatment center in Congo strike over unpaid salaries and bonuses

The hospital was shuttered by protesting staff, who blocked the road leading to the medical facility.

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Rebels in Congo see Ebola as chance to show governing credentials

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Trump admin puts Americans in Congo on “do-not-board” list, barring return

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Congo begins trial of Gilead's experimental antiviral for Ebola Bundibugyo

July 14 (Reuters) - Researchers in the Democratic Republic of Congo said on Tuesday they have started enrolling participants in a trial testing Gilead Sciences' experimental antiviral obeldesivir as a post-exposure treatment for the ongoing Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda.

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Confirmed Ebola cases in Democratic Republic of Congo rise to 1,963

The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 1,963, with 719 deaths reported, authorities

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The Scramble To Contain Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda

The World Health Organization and the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are scrambling to contain a fast-moving Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda that has claimed nearly 400 lives and sparked alarm across the globe.

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Congo Ebola outbreak spreading to new patients who have no known links to existing carriers of disease

BUNIA, Democratic Republic of the Congo — Four out of every five new Ebola cases in parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo have no known link to existing patients, a ‌senior World Health Organization official said,

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The Story Behind the Best Dressed Member of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s World Cup Delegation

Michel Kuka Mboladinga has become famous amongst Congolese soccer fans for mimicking a statue of the late Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba.

First Latter-day Saint baptized in Democratic Republic of Congo returns as mission president 40 years later

President Junior Banza and Sister Annie Banza, new mission leaders of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa North Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint

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Bernard Beya appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Liquid Intelligent Technologies Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

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Africa CDC warns of 'fastest-growing Ebola outbreak ever' as DR Congo death toll climbs to 600

The number of confirmed deaths in the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 600, figures published by the UN health agency showed Thursday. The WHO's figures show the worsening haemorrhagic fever outbreak has a case fatality rate of 34 percent.