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Ebola 'spreading unchecked for months' as patient zero traced back to January

Ebola 'spreading unchecked for months' as patient zero traced back to January Health care workers in Africa have just admitted patient zero zero could be traced back to Janurary, months earlier than previously thought, in the eastern DRC village of Rwampara Ebola may have been running rampant in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since January, with local officials tracing the latest outbreak of the killer virus back to a patient zero at the turn of the year. But, for some reason, that...

Protesters storm Ebola hospital to retrieve victim’s body

Footage circulating online appeared to show parts of Rwampara Hospital engulfed in flames

Crowd sets Ebola hospital tents on fire in DRC

An angry crowd has set fire to part of a hospital in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after the death of a suspected Ebola victim. The BBC understands relatives stormed the facility and tried to remove the body after health workers refused to release it. Medical staff at the Rwampara Hospital are under military protection.

‘Among the things he feared most was death’: the doctors and nurses dying on the Ebola frontline

‘Among the things he feared most was death’: the doctors and nurses dying on the Ebola frontline

Medics battling the incurable disease in Democratic Republic of the Congo working in ‘agonising’ conditionsWhen Dr Vladimir Maduali died of Ebola in the early hours of Sunday morning, he was the fourth member of staff at his hospital to be killed by the disease in as many days. Two days later, his colleague Dr Tibenderana Katho Blaise also died of the disease at the Bunia Evangelical medical centre, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Maduali graduated from the University of Bunia just...

Ebola outbreak Congo: WHO chief visits epicentre as virus spreads faster than response

Ebola outbreak Congo: WHO chief visits epicentre as virus spreads faster than response The Bundibugyo virus, the strain of Ebola currently circulating, has no approved treatment or vaccine The head of the World Health Organisation arrived in Bunia, eastern Congo, on Saturday — a city at the centre of a rare Ebola outbreak where the virus continues to spread faster than efforts to contain it, despite improved health facilities and fresh aid deliveries. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom...

What are the Ebola vaccines under research, and when will they be ready?

What are the Ebola vaccines under research, and when will they be ready? Research for new Ebola vaccines will be fast-tracked as experts warn the disease is moving faster than the response. East Africa is currently in the throes of a rapidly spreading Ebola epidemic, with governments scrambling to contain the virus and hundreds of people confirmed with the infection.