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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The High Court has maintained the status quo on the planned establishment of an Ebola exposure, quarantine, isolation, or treatment facility in Kenya, after the Attorney…
June 2, 2026
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People from town of potential site for US citizens with Ebola symptoms say it puts them at risk in country with no known casesPeople from a town in central Kenya…
June 2, 2026
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[allAfrica] In late 2014, I watched the Zaire strain of Ebola overwhelm Liberia and Sierra Leone following its emergence from Patient Zero, a two-year-old toddler in Southern Guinea. The international…
June 2, 2026
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Protes itu susulan penubuhan pusat kuarantin Ebola milik AS di tengah-tengah wabak Ebola yang sedang menular di Republik Demokratik Congo.
June 2, 2026
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Some 321 cases have now been confirmed in the DR Congo, including 48 deaths.
June 2, 2026
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[263Chat] The government has confirmed that there are currently no reported cases of Ebola Virus Disease in the country but says it has heightened surveillance and activated preparedness measures following…
June 2, 2026
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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Ministry of Health says all incoming travellers may soon be required to present certified exit surveillance reports from their countries of origin, alongside detailed screening…
June 2, 2026
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Two people have been shot dead in the central Kenyan town of Nanyuki amid protests against US plans to establish an Ebola isolation centre at a military base nearby, the…
June 2, 2026
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[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala -- The Ministry of Education and Sports has dismissed claims circulating both online and offline that schools across Uganda have been closed or suspended because of Ebola.
June 2, 2026
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[RFI] The head of the World Health Organization met with Félix Tshisekedi on Monday to discuss the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ebola outbreak, as an aid agency warned the…
June 2, 2026
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[Independent (Kampala)] On May 30, as football fans around the world counted down to the start of the FIFA World Cup in North America and airlines prepared for the annual…
June 2, 2026
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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto has strongly defended Kenya's Ebola preparedness programme, dismissing criticism over the proposed establishment of a quarantine and isolation facility at Laikipia Air Base…
June 2, 2026
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The United States house committee responsible for foreign policy legislation and oversight has urged the Donald Trump administration… The post US reps ask Trump to allow Ebola-exposed Americans home as…
June 2, 2026
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Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has cautioned the public over Ebola preparedness, stressing that the disease carries a mortality rate of between 30 and 50 percent, making early detection and…
June 2, 2026
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[MSF] In eastern DRC, people have been living through insecurity and with an under-resourced health system for years. The Ebola disease outbreak due to the Bundibugyo virus - which does…
June 2, 2026
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[The Pandemic Fund] Washington, D.C. -- At an extraordinary meeting, the Governing Board of the Pandemic Fund approved the activation of the Fund's Emergency Financing Procedures (EFP), enabling the mobilization…
June 2, 2026
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[The Conversation Africa] The latest Ebola outbreak is showing no signs of slowing.
June 2, 2026
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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya is currently screening an average of 3,000 travellers entering the country every day as part of enhanced Ebola surveillance measures, with no case of the…
June 2, 2026
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Residents and local leaders fear the facility could expose the community to Ebola and question why Kenya should host a quarantine centre for US citizens.
June 2, 2026
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[Daily Trust] The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said that Nigeria is about 59 per cent prepared to respond to a potential Ebola outbreak, warning that…
June 2, 2026
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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto said late Monday that he authorized the establishment of a US Ebola quarantine facility at Laikipia Air Base after President Donald Trump personally…
June 2, 2026
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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale is slated to brief the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Health on Kenya's preparedness to manage the Ebola Bundibugyo virus and…
June 2, 2026
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The Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO), has stepped up efforts to contain an outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease caused…
June 2, 2026
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[UN News] Four nurses who fell ill with Ebola in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been discharged from hospital after recovering from the often-fatal illness that…
June 2, 2026
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Merck is in discussions with various global health authorities about making its COVID antiviral pill, molnupiravir, available as an Ebola treatment to address the widening outbreak in the Democratic Republic of…
June 2, 2026
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The head of the World Health Organisation on Monday concluded his visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo by briefing the president on the response to the Ebola outbreak.
June 2, 2026
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Global health organisation CEPI will give roughly $60 million to Moderna and two other groups to accelerate the development of shots against Ebola Bundibugyo, the deadly virus that has swept through…
June 2, 2026
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Amid a raging Ebola outbreak, officials "urgently accelerate development" of vaccines.
June 1, 2026
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Canada
An international student from the Democratic Republic of Congo says she was blocked from returning to Montreal due to Ebola-related travel restrictions.
June 1, 2026
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Ebola
While some countries call for travel bans, the WTO warns that this can hinder the fight against infections
June 1, 2026
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Ebola
Italian leader Giorgia Meloni recently pressed for tighter travel restrictions
June 1, 2026
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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Anti-riot police clashed with hundreds of protesters in Nanyuki on Monday as demonstrations against a proposed Ebola quarantine and isolation facility at Laikipia Airbase turned chaotic,…
June 1, 2026
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[Liberian Observer] In the wake of the outbreak of the Ebola virus in the East African of the Democratic Republic of Congo, with cases reported in neighboring Uganda and Sudan,…
June 1, 2026
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Central Africa
[New Times] Health ministers from East African Community (EAC) member states will hold an extraordinary virtual meeting on June 1 and 2 to discuss a coordinated response to the ongoing…
June 1, 2026
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Ebola
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus makes appeal after protests against protocols for handling victims’ bodies in Ituri provinceContaining the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo requires community cooperation and is…
May 31, 2026
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[State Department] The Department of State, in close coordination with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is continuing to mount a rapid and comprehensive response to the…
May 30, 2026
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