More than 4,000 people have died in the worst outbreak in the DR Congo's history, with confirmed cases surpassing 8,300.
Health minister says 28 contacts identified after death of citizen who arrived from DRC on Saturday Kenya has reported its first-ever Ebola death, the health minister announced on Tuesday, as the disease continues to spread rapidly through the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where the outbreak was announced in May. This is the 17th outbreak of the highly infectious, often deadly disease in the…
Kenya has confirmed seven Ebola infections and two deaths; the second death was a close relative of the first patient who died while under quarantine in Nairobi, and Kenyan officials say there is no evidence of community spread.
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Health minister says 28 contacts identified after death of citizen who arrived from DRC on Saturday Kenya has reported its first-ever Ebola death, the health minister announced on Tuesday, as the disease continues to spread rapidly through the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where the outbreak was announced in May. This is the 17th outbreak of the highly infectious, often deadly disease in the…
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