•Ebola outbreak The United States announced yesterday the release of an additional $267 million to support the fight against the ongoing Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). “To date, the United States government has provided $887 million in direct health and humanitarian assistance to combat the Ebola outbreak,” the U...
•Ebola outbreak The worst Ebola outbreak to hit the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has killed more than 3,400 people, is still spreading in a key province despite an improvement in other regions, the World Health Organization said today. The huge African nation’s government indicated at the weekend that the outbreak may have peaked in [&h...
•Ebola outbreak More than 16,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) late yesterday, our correspondent saw, as the country faces the deadliest Ebola outbreak in its history. The DRC’s 17th Ebola outbreak, which has killed thousands of people, was declared on May 15 but is thought to have […]
•Ebola outbreak The Ebola outbreak raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo is growing “exponentially”, with more than 2,500 deaths now recorded, with half in the last 20 days, the United Nations’ senior Ebola coordinator said today. The Ebola outbreak is already the biggest in the country’s history and is spreading faster than any outbreak ...
•Ebola outbreak An Ebola outbreak has now killed 2,325 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, making it the country’s deadliest outbreak of the virus, according to government figures released today. The United Nations says that the Ebola outbreak “is the fastest-growing on record” and is killing a victim every 30 minutes in the DRC, [&hel...
•Ebola outbreak An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has killed 2,011 people out of 4,381 confirmed cases of the virus, Congolese officials said today. The latest toll puts it close behind the DRC’s deadliest Ebola outbreak in 2018 to 2020, when nearly 2,300 people died out of 3,500 recorded cases, reports […]
•Ebola outbreak The World Health Organisation warned today that Ebola was spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo at a faster pace than during any previous outbreak of the deadly virus. More than 2,000 cases including 796 deaths have been confirmed in the DR Congo since the outbreak was declared on May 15, making it […]
•Ebola outbreak More than 2,000 Ebola cases, including 754 deaths, have been recorded in the DR Congo, where the World Health Organisation warns the outbreak may be two to four times larger than official figures suggest. The outbreak has spread to five provinces in the central African country, according to the latest figures released by [&hell...
•England’s forward Harry Kane celebrates with head coach Thomas Tuchel after the win against Republic of Congo, yesterday Thomas Tuchel said England had defied the ghosts of previous major tournament disappointments by coming from behind to avoid a shock World Cup elimination at the hands of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Captain Harry Kan...
•England’s forward #09 Harry Kane (C) and teammates take part in a MD-1 training session ahead of a 2026 World Cup football tournament match England take on a resilient Democratic Republic of Congo side at the World Cup on Wednesday, looking for a place in the last 16 while co-hosts the USA prepare for the […]

