Africa CDC warns Ebola outbreak has reached 10,000 cases
The Africa CDC's director general, Dr Jean Kaseya, called the Ebola outbreak "unprecedented", with the case count at 10,000 and almost 5,000 deaths, and warned it could reach the…
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Confirmed Ebola cases in DR Congo pass 10,000
Confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have passed 10,000, with the health ministry reporting 10,060 cases and 4,887 deaths in what Al Jazeera calls the…
3 posts ·Nurse killed in attack while responding to Ebola alert in DR Congo
A nurse was killed in an attack while responding to an Ebola alert in DR Congo, after local youths reportedly accused the health workers of contaminating water sources and…
1 post ·Nigeria Ebola patient's source of infection unclear as outbreak reaches a fourth African country
Switzerland says Nigeria's first Ebola patient in more than a decade, the Ugandan-born wife of a Swiss diplomat in Abuja, had not travelled to Congo and is believed to have caught…
10 posts ·Eighth Ebola case confirmed in Kenya, Bundibugyo strain
An eighth person in Kenya has tested positive for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, the Guardian reports, as opposition grows to a US-led quarantine center there following US…
2 posts ·Nigeria confirms an Ebola case in Abuja in a woman who travelled from Uganda
Nigeria's health ministry has confirmed an Ebola case in Abuja in a woman who arrived from Uganda; she developed symptoms on 7 October and was admitted to hospital four days…
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