WHO raises Ebola health risk to ‘very high’ in DR Congo
Provincial gov’t in Ituri province, the epicentre of the outbreak, has banned public gatherings to stop spread of virus.

Provincial gov’t in Ituri province, the epicentre of the outbreak, has banned public gatherings to stop spread of virus.










Health workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are restoring Ebola treatment centres.
A panel of experts led by the WHO is to meet to discuss vaccine options for new epidemic.

The World Health Organization is getting health experts and supplies to DR Congo to battle the Ebola outbreak.
DRC health minister visits hotspot for Ebola outbreak

Global News Insight’s Catherine Soi reports on the emergency measures implemented in Uganda in response to the Ebola outbreak.

The World Health Organization declares the epidemic a global health emergency.

An Ebola outbreak caused by the rare Bundibugyo strain has killed dozens in Democratic Republic of the Congo.
DR Congo accounts for all but two of the suspected cases, both of which were reported in neighbouring Uganda.
Africa CDC concerned that outbreak of Bundibugyo strain could spread rapidly due to intense population movement.

Sixty-five people have died in a new Ebola outbreak in DR Congo’s Ituri province with 246 suspected cases.