Ebola Crisis

The World Health Organization says the deadly Ebola virus outbreak in Congo is now an international health emergency .

By Associated Press

Associated Press
Too many in Congo's Ebola outbreak are dying at home
Associated Press - By KRISTA LARSON
BENI, Congo (AP) — Two-month-old Lahya Kathembo became an orphan in a day. Her mother succumbed to Ebola on a Saturday morning. By sunset her father was dead, too. They had been sick for more than a week...
Jul 26, 2019
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Congo student with Ebola still finds a way to take exams
Associated Press - By KRISTA LARSON
BENI, Congo (AP) — Claude Mabowa Sasi had lost his mother, a brother and a sister to Ebola. Instead of fearing death when he, too, was diagnosed with the disease, the young man had a different worry: would...
Jul 25, 2019
Associated Press
Ebola vaccine's promise undermined by deep distrust in Congo
Associated Press - By KRISTA LARSON
BENI, Congo (AP) — Until his last breath, Salomon Nduhi Kambale insisted he had been poisoned by someone and that was the reason he was vomiting blood. The 30-year-old man wouldn’t give community health...
Jul 24, 2019
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AP Photos: The struggle against Ebola in eastern Congo
Associated Press - By JEROME DELAY
BENI, Congo (AP) — They made their way through the thick forest like astronauts carrying a fallen comrade. Their booted steps were slow and deliberate as if they walked on the moon. A few men waited by...
Jul 24, 2019
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War-weakened South Sudan tries to prepare for Ebola
Associated Press - By SAM MEDNICK
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — With the deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo now an international emergency , neighboring South Sudan and its war-weakened health system is a major concern, especially after one case...
Jul 20, 2019
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Congo soldiers, police to enforce Ebola emergency measures
Associated Press - By KRISTA LARSON and AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congolese soldiers and police will enforce hand-washing and fever checks now that the deadly Ebola outbreak has been declared an international health emergency , authorities said Thursday....
Jul 18, 2019
Associated Press
Ebola outbreak in Congo declared a global health emergency
Associated Press - By MARIA CHENG and JAMEY KEATEN
GENEVA (AP) — The deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo is now an international health emergency, the World Health Organization announced Wednesday after a case was confirmed in a city of 2 million people . WHO...
Jul 17, 2019
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AP Explains: Why Ebola is now an international emergency
Associated Press - By CARA ANNA
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The World Health Organization says the deadly Ebola virus outbreak in Congo is now an international health emergency . More than 1,600 people have died since August in the second-worst...
Jul 17, 2019
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A timeline of Congo's latest deadly Ebola virus outbreak
Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The latest deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo is now an international emergency , the World Health Organization announced Wednesday. Here’s a timeline of key events since this outbreak,...
Jul 17, 2019
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Congo tracing contacts of first Ebola case in eastern city
Associated Press - By KRISTA LARSON
BENI, Congo (AP) — After feeling sick for several days the pastor boarded a bus to eastern Congo’s largest city. Only upon arrival at his destination did anyone suspect he had the highly deadly and infectious...
Jul 15, 2019
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Porous border could hinder efforts to stem spread of Ebola
Associated Press - By RODNEY MUHUMUZA
MPONDWE, Uganda (AP) — Several well-trodden paths crisscross this lush area where people walk between Congo and Uganda to visit nearby family and friends and go to the busy markets. The problem is that...
Jun 18, 2019
Associated Press
Kenya patient free of Ebola, as Congo, Uganda fight outbreak
Associated Press - By TOM ODULA
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya remains free from Ebola as test results show that a sick woman does not have the deadly hemorrhagic fever, while neighboring Uganda and Congo battle a stubborn outbreak of disease....
Jun 17, 2019
Associated Press
Congo Ebola cases hit record for most reported in single day
Associated Press - By AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO and KRISTA LARSON
BUTEMBO, Congo (AP) — The woman spent more than a week at home sick before family members tried to take her to an Ebola treatment center in eastern Congo. Before the motorcycle could reach the facility,...
Apr 30, 2019