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We are pleased to share with you the current updates on Ebola Outbreak in the DR Congo and neighbourhood as published in media. We hope that this update will be of importance to you. Happy reading!
Developing Story: Rwanda Closes Its Border With DRC As Ebola Outbreak Intensifies
Thousands of Rwandans in Rubavu district bordering Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) woke up to a direction that they will not cross the busiest border on Thursday, KT Press has learnt.
U Rwanda rwafunze imipaka yarwo na Congo mu rwego rwo kwirinda Ebola
Mu gitondo cyo kuri uyu wa kane tariki 01 Kanama 2019, Abatuye umujyi wa Rubavu basanzwe bakoresha imipaka y’u Rwanda na Repubulika iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo babyutse basanga hari amabwiriza avuga ko nta wemerewe kwambuka, ndetse n’Abanyekongo batemerewe kwambuka ngo baze mu Rwanda.
Second Ebola case confirmed in Goma
More than 1,600 people have died of Ebola in DR Congo since the outbreak began in August 2018. Goma shares borders with Rwanda’s Rubavu town in Western Province.
Third Ebola case detected in DRC’s Goma: medical source
“I have been informed of another confirmed Ebola case at the Goma Ebola treatment centre,” said Aruna Abedi, the chief Ebola coordinator in North Kivu, the worst-hit province since the outbreak began on August 1 last year.
Rwanda on high alert as second Ebola case is confirmed in Goma
Rapid response teams have swung into action to prevent further transmission after a second case of Ebola was detected Tuesday in DR Congo’s border city of Goma close to the Rwandan border, according to World Health Organisation.
Second confirmed Ebola patient in DR Congo’s Goma dies
Death of man diagnosed in major transport hub heightens fears the disease could spread beyond DR Congo’s borders.
Why Ebola cannot be tamed in Congo
Seven grave diggers dressed in medical smocks, surgical gloves and plastic boots lifted the coffin from the back of a truck and began to pick their way through more than 200 fresh burial mounds, whose simple wooden crosses cast long shadows