Ebola virus

Congo bans gatherings in Kinshasa and three provinces over Ebola outbreak

The ban comes ahead of a planned protest in Kinshasa on July 8 against constitutional reform, with opposition figures calling it "politically motivated."

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A health worker in personal protective equipment (PPE) stands near displaced people waiting for the burial of suspected Ebola victims at the Kigonze displaced persons camp, one month after an outbreak was declared, in Bunia, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, June 18, 2026.
Medical teams with protective equipment against the Ebola virus, Congo, May 2026

Ebola alert: The Ministry of Health established an isolation tent at a cost of NIS 0.5M

A document obtained by Walla Money reveals the costs of establishing the special complex for receiving patients, which was approved under an exemption from tender.

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Red Cross workers prepare to lower the coffin of Dr Tibenderana Katho Blaise who worked at the Centre Medical Evangelique (CME) in Hoho commune and died of Ebola virus, at the Nyamurongo cemetery in Bunia town, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 26, 2026.

Israel rules out Ebola cases after suspected patients test negative

As the ministry emphasizes, a fever following travel from affected areas requires immediate assessment, but Ebola remains rare among returning travelers.

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An ambulance is seen at the entrance to the emergency room of Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer in Ramat Gan, Israel, July 15, 2023.

Ebola risk remains low, health ministry says, as second DRC returnee showing symptoms hospitalized

The European Centre for Disease Control said the outbreak continues to affect the DRC and Uganda, while the risk to the general population in European and other Western countries remains low.

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Deadly Marburg virus spreads in Africa, WHO increases health surveillance

There are no known treatments for this virus which has a fatality rate of 88%

FEBRUARY 14, 2023ByREUTERS
A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) during an executive board meeting on update on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Geneva, Switzerland, April 6, 2021.

Rambam hospital to set up quarantined Ebola clinic in Haifa

300 medical staff at Rambam Medical Center are being trained on how to treat Ebola patients.

NOVEMBER 13, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Nurse Moise Vaghemi tends to a patient who is suspected to be suffering from Ebola, inside the Biosecure Emergency Care Unit (CUBE) at an Ebola treatment centre (ETC) in Katwa, near Butembo, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, October 3, 2019.

Uganda confirms Ebola case in country's east as outbreak expands

Uganda's health ministry is struggling to keep Ebola cases isolated.

NOVEMBER 13, 2022ByREUTERS
A person dressed in ebola protective apparel is seen inside an ebola care facility at the Bwera general hospital near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo in Bwera

Israeli quarantined due to possible exposure to Ebola in Uganda

The first Ebola test taken by the patient yielded a negative result but he is set to stay in quarantine for further tests.

OCTOBER 14, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A health worker burns food waste of Ebola patients at an Ebola treatment center (ETC) in Katwa, near Butembo, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, October 5, 2019

Uganda health ministry confirms Ebola outbreak

A 24-year-old man in Uganda's central Mubende district showed symptoms and later died.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022ByREUTERS
A member of the French Red Cross disinfects the area around a motionless person suspected of carrying the Ebola virus as a crowd gathers in Forecariah, Guinea.

New Ebola case confirmed in eastern Congo -national medical institute

The country has recorded 14 outbreaks since 1976. The 2018-2020 outbreak in the east was Congo's largest and the second largest ever recorded, with nearly 3,500 total cases.

AUGUST 22, 2022ByREUTERS
A member of the French Red Cross disinfects the area around a motionless person suspected of carrying the Ebola virus as a crowd gathers in Forecariah, Guinea.

WHO officials investigating potential Ebola case in Congo

DR Congo's National Institute of Biomedical Research (INRB) is currently testing samples from the patient in order to confirm whether or not they were infected with Ebola.

AUGUST 21, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A Congolese boy walks past a wall in Beni, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, April 1, 2019.

Ivory Coast begins Ebola vaccinations after case confirmed in Abidjan

An 18-year-old woman tested positive on Saturday after traveling by bus to Abidjan from neighboring Guinea. It is Ivory Coast's first confirmed case of Ebola in 25 years.

AUGUST 16, 2021ByREUTERS
Congolese health worker administers Ebola vaccine to a woman who had contact with an Ebola sufferer in the village of Mangina in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, August 18, 2018

WHO says Guinea monitoring confirmed 155 cases of Ebola-like Marburg virus

Guinea was declared free of Ebola two months ago, following an outbreak that killed 12 people.

AUGUST 11, 2021ByREUTERS
A member of the French Red Cross disinfects the area around a motionless person suspected of carrying the Ebola virus as a crowd gathers in Forecariah, Guinea.

Congo confirms second Ebola case in resurgence of major outbreak

FEBRUARY 11, 2021ByREUTERS
Disabled couriers sits on their tricycles as they wait to transport grocery at the no-man's-land amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak between Rwanda and Congo in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo November 20, 2020