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Ebola Outbreak in DR Congo Claims Over 5,000 Lives as Concerns Grow of Regional Spread

Ebola Outbreak in DR Congo Claims Over 5,000 Lives as Concerns Grow of Regional Spread

Congo's Ebola Deaths Top 5,000 as Worry of Continent-Wide Spread Mounts
Congo's Ebola Deaths Top 5,000 as Worry of Continent-Wide Spread Mounts

BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Deaths in Congo’s Ebola outbreak have topped 5,000 as the country grapples with the relentless spread of the disease and cases are recorded in other African countries, the...

Congo's Ebola deaths top 5,000 as worry of continent-wide spread mounts
Congo's Ebola deaths top 5,000 as worry of continent-wide spread mounts

Deaths in Congo's Ebola outbreak have surpassed 5,000 with a nearly 50 percent lethality rate, as the Ministry of Health reports 10,351 infections.

DR Congo Ebola deaths top 5,000, cases recorded in other African nations
DR Congo Ebola deaths top 5,000, cases recorded in other African nations

Deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC’s) Ebola outbreak have topped 5,000 as the country grapples with the relentless spread of the disease and cases are recorded in other African...

More than 5,000 die from Ebola in DR Congo's deadliest outbreak
More than 5,000 die from Ebola in DR Congo's deadliest outbreak

Government data shows that more than 10,000 people have contracted the rare virus.

Ebola medics dance as last patients at Democratic Republic of Congo facility are discharged
Ebola medics dance as last patients at Democratic Republic of Congo facility are discharged

Health workers at an Ebola treatment centre in the Democratic Republic of Congo celebrated after the final patients were discharged from the facility in Mongbwalu, the historic epicentre of the...

'No one is safe' as Ebola outbreak surges to more than 10,000 cases, Africa's top doctor warns Canada
'No one is safe' as Ebola outbreak surges to more than 10,000 cases, Africa's top doctor warns Canada

Africa's top doctor, who has called Canada home since 2013, tells CBC News there could be "massive" cross-border spread of Ebola in the months ahead as he calls for more international support.

Ebola outbreak kills more than 5,000 people in Democratic Republic of Congo
Ebola outbreak kills more than 5,000 people in Democratic Republic of Congo

More than 5,000 people have now died from an Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to government data.

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