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The Latest Breaking News from Ebola

US to screen travellers from Uganda for Ebola as ‘precaution’

Officials note that risk of Ebola outbreak in US remains low and no cases have been confirmed outside Uganda.

Al Jazeera

US to screen Uganda passengers for Ebola virus as cases surge

The screenings have been ordered by the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Independent UK

Sierra Leone journalist Clarence Roy-Macaulay dies at 85

Journalist Clarence Roy-Macaulay, who covered Sierra Leone for The Associated Press for nearly four decades including the country’s brutal civil war and the Ebola epidemic that killed thousands there, has died

The Independent UK

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US to begin screening travelers coming from Uganda for Ebola

The Biden administration says the United States will begin screening travelers coming from Uganda for Ebola as an additional precaution aimed at trying to prevent an outbreak in the African country from spreading

The Independent UK

UK public health alert over Ebola outbreak as doctors urged 'be vigilant for symptoms'

The UK Health Security Agency is currently monitoring an outbreak of the Ebola virus in Uganda - but the risk to the public in the UK is very low and there are currently no cases of the disease confirmed in this country

Daily Mirror

CDC, WHO, Uganda to host regional meeting as Ebola spreads

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says Uganda next week will host a ministerial meeting on the outbreak of the Sudan strain of the Ebola virus which has no proven vaccine and has caused alarm in the East Africa region

The Independent UK

Another monkey virus may be on verge of infecting humans: Researchers

According to new University of Colorado Boulder research published online Sept. 30 in the journal Cell, an unknown family of viruses that is currently prevalent in wild African primates and known to cause lethal Ebola-like symptoms in certain monkeys is "poised for spillover" to people. Read more on Dynamite News

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Testing trouble adds to disorder in Uganda's Ebola response

In a remote Ugandan community facing its first Ebola outbreak, testing trouble has added to the score of challenges authorities face

The Independent UK

Ebola kills doctor in Uganda, first health worker killed in latest outbreak

A Tanzanian doctor working in Uganda who contracted Ebola has died, the first health worker killed by the disease in the latest outbreak in the country, Uganda's health minister said on Saturday.

Reuters

Deadly Ebola-like virus in monkeys 'poised for spillover' to humans, study warns

A deadly virus found in monkeys that produces Ebola-like symptoms is "poised for spillover" to humans, a team of scientists from the University of Colorado Boulder have warned

Daily Mirror

Ebola: what are the symptoms, how does it spread and where did it come from?

Uganda health authorities have declared an outbreak of Ebola disease. Ebola outbreaks emerge periodically in several African countries, most notably in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Public health expert Yap Boum, who has been involved in managing Ebola outbreaks in the past, answers some key questions about Ebola’s history,…

The Conversation

5 steps to stop Ebola spreading in East Africa – a frontline expert advises

The biggest Ebola outbreak in human history happened in West Africa from 2014 to 2015. I was on the front lines in Liberia serving as the head of case detection for the National Ebola Response team and administering critical aspects of Liberia’s Ebola response.

The Conversation

Long-awaited trial over 2009 stadium massacre begins in Guinea

In tonight's edition: Former Guinean dictator Moussa Dadis Camara is finally in court for a long-awaited trial, 13 years after more than 150 people were killed by security forces at a Conakry stadium. Also, authorities in Kenya are trying to prevent the Ebola virus from crossing into the country from…

France 24

Ebola kills five in Uganda, 19 other deaths likely connected, president says

Five people have died from Ebola in Uganda and another 19 deaths were likely caused by the disease, the president said on Wednesday, but he said he would not order a lockdown because Ebola is easier to manage than COVID-19.

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Al Jazeera

DRC declares end to latest Ebola virus outbreak

The country’s 15th outbreak comes to an end as neighbouring Uganda races to tackle virus outbreak of its own.

Reuters

Congo declares end of latest Ebola outbreak in east

Democratic Republic of Congo has declared the end of its latest Ebola virus outbreak in the eastern province of North Kivu, Health Minister Jean-Jacques Mbungani Mbanda said in a statement on Tuesday.

The Conversation

Ebola outbreak in Uganda: the health system has never been better prepared

An outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus was announced by Uganda’s ministry of health on 21 September 2022. Uganda has had at least six previous episodes of Ebola in 2000 (224 dead), 2007 (37 dead), 2011 (1 dead), two events in 2012 (21 dead) and 2019 (4 dead). The recently…

Al Jazeera

Uganda confirms three more Ebola deaths

Health ministry also says four more infections confirmed in past 24 hours in outbreak detected in Mubende district.

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The Conversation

African newspapers can be anti-African too: what my research found

Following the recent outbreak of monkeypox in Europe and North America the international news media were accused of bias in their reporting. The accusation is that media outlets perpetuated negative stereotypes by, for example, portraying monkeypox as a disease that affects only African people, or people of African descent.

Reuters

Uganda has confirmed seven Ebola cases so far, one death

Uganda has confirmed seven cases of Ebola including in a man who died this week, and seven other deaths are being investigated as suspected cases of a strain for which the authorities do not yet have a vaccine, officials said on Thursday.

France 24

UN General Assembly: A world 'in peril' as pressures of war and climate hit Africa

In tonight's edition: Senegal's Macky Sall takes to the stage at the UN General Assembly in New York and tells the world there are other crises to address besides the war in Ukraine. Also, authorities in Uganda declare an Ebola outbreak after a 24-year-old man dies of the disease, the…

Radio France Internationale

Uganda announces first death in latest outbreak of Ebola

Uganda's health ministry has announced the country's first fatality from the highly contagious Ebola virus since 2019, declaring an outbreak in the central district of Mubende.

Wales Online

Uganda declares outbreak of Ebola after six deaths

Eight people with suspected Sudan Ebola are being treated

Daily Mirror

Ebola strikes again as country records first death in three years and outbreak declared

The WHO's Africa Director Matshidiso Moeti said it is the first time in more than a decade that Uganda is recording the Ebola Sudan strain and that they are working closely to investigate the source of the outbreak

Irish Mirror

Ebola outbreak from 'rare strain' declared in Uganda as first death confirmed

The country’s health ministry announced the first death - of a man in his 20s - from the virus since 2019 had been recorded.

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