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Central Africa

Second Ebola case detected in eastern Congo's main city

A Congolese health worker administers Ebola vaccine to a child at the Himbi Health Centre in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, July 17, 2019. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Olivia Acland
A Congolese health worker administers Ebola vaccine to a child at the Himbi Health Centre in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, July 17, 2019. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Olivia Acland
31/07/2019

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - A second case of Ebola was detected on Tuesday in the eastern Congolese city of Goma, a local health official said, increasing concern the virus could establish a foothold in the densely populated area close to the Rwandan border.

Congo minister's resignation over Ebola snub could unblock new vaccine

A Congolese health worker administers Ebola vaccine to a child at the Himbi Health Centre in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, July 17, 2019. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Olivia Acland
A Congolese health worker administers Ebola vaccine to a child at the Himbi Health Centre in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, July 17, 2019. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Olivia Acland
By Fiston Mahamba
22/07/2019

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Congo's health minister resigned on Monday after being stripped of responsibility for managing the country's Ebola outbreak, potentially paving the way for the introduction of a second vaccine to contain the spreading epidemic.

WHO flags Ebola risk in Rwanda, but then withdraws its report

Ugandan health workers speak to civilians before carrying out the first vaccination exercise against the ebola virus in Kirembo village, near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo in Kasese district, Uganda, June 16, 2019. PHOTO BY REUTERS/James Akena
Ugandan health workers speak to civilians before carrying out the first vaccination exercise against the ebola virus in Kirembo village, near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo in Kasese district, Uganda, June 16, 2019. PHOTO BY REUTERS/James Akena
By Tom Miles
17/07/2019

GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization on Thursday withdrew a report that said an Ebola patient may have entered Rwanda, suggesting the deadly virus could spread to that country for the first time.

Congo Ebola victim may have entered Rwanda and Uganda, says WHO

A health worker measures the temperature of a man entering the ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action) Ebola treatment centre in Beni, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, April 1, 2019. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Baz Ratner
A health worker measures the temperature of a man entering the ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action) Ebola treatment centre in Beni, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, April 1, 2019. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Baz Ratner
By Tom Miles
17/07/2019

GENEVA (Reuters) - A fishmonger who died of Ebola this week probably carried the virus from Congo into both Rwanda and Uganda, the World Health Organization said, as health workers struggled to track down people she could have infected.

WHO sounds Ebola alarm as risks intensify

Congolese health workers collect data before administering ebola vaccines to civilians at the Himbi Health Centre in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, July 17, 2019. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Olivia Acland
Congolese health workers collect data before administering ebola vaccines to civilians at the Himbi Health Centre in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, July 17, 2019. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Olivia Acland
By Tom Miles
17/07/2019

GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared Congo's Ebola outbreak an international health emergency, sounding a rarely used global alarm after the virus threatened to spread to a major city and into neighbouring countries.

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