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Ebola virus

Ebola virus
Ebola is a disease of humans and other primates caused by ebola viruses that typically occurs in outbreaks in tropical regions of Sub-Saharan Africa. The death rate for humans with the disease could be as high as 90 per cent.
An armed M23 rebel guards the Rodolphe Merieux Laboratory in Goma, DR Congo, where suspected cases of the rare Ebola strain are being tested. Photo: Reuters
Africa

Outbreak of rare Ebola strain sparks race to find vaccines and treatments

Doctors battling the deadly Bundibugyo strain in DR Congo will likely have to wait months for a vaccine.

Singapore

Singapore, Japan, South Korea boost Ebola screening after WHO alert

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong steps up Ebola precautions, prepares Lantau Island quarantine facility

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Disease

WHO warns of ‘scale and speed’ of deadly Ebola outbreak

Deaths and cases surge in eastern DR Congo as rare Ebola strain spreads.

A Congolese health worker checks a woman's temperature at a border crossing point. Photo: Reuters
Africa

US to screen for Ebola at airports as American worker is infected

US implements airport screenings and suspends visa services following a WHO declaration over the deadly Ebola strain.

Disease

Silent spread of rare and deadly Ebola strain exposes surveillance gaps

A four-week detection delay for the Bundibugyo variant has left dozens dead in DR Congo and triggered a global alert.

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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong urged to trigger travel alert to DR Congo, Uganda amid Ebola outbreak

Infectious disease expert says more preventive measures necessary, noting frequent exchanges between mainland Chinese and central African cities.

A general hospital in Goma, a major city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where the first case of Ebola in the current outbreak was reported. Photo: AFP
Africa

US citizens in DR Congo potentially exposed to Ebola, report says

CDC escalates its response to the latest deadly outbreak after the WHO declares an international emergency.

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong ramps up health checks for travellers from Africa after Ebola outbreak

Move follows WHO declaring outbreak of deadly disease on continent a ‘public health emergency of international concern’.

DR Congo

Ebola outbreak in Congo, Uganda declared an international health emergency

The Bundibugyo strain, which killed more than 80 people, has no specific treatments or vaccines.

A man is brought to a hospital following an Ebola outbreak in Bunia, DR Congo’s Ituri province, on Saturday. Photo: Reuters
Africa

Congo Ebola outbreak: constant burials as death toll reaches 80

Congo has experience in managing Ebola outbreaks but often faces logistical challenges to get expertise and supplies to affected regions.

A health official uses a thermometer to screen people in front of Kibuli Muslim Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, on Saturday. Photo: AP
Africa

Africa calls multi-nation health meeting amid fatal Ebola outbreak

There have been 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths recorded so far in the DRC, around five months after the last outbreak was declared over.

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United States

WHO chief urges pandemic accord action after US withdrawal

The WHO’s Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned that the next pandemic is ‘a matter of when, not if’.

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Japan

‘More devastating than atomic bomb’: fears mount over Japanese lab in Nagasaki

The laboratory, which will study some of the deadliest viruses, has prompted concerns over a repeat of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Ebola virus particles (blue) forming from an infected VERO E6 cell (yellow). Photo: Getty Images/Cultura RF
Africa

Uganda nurse dies from Ebola in first outbreak since 2022

Uganda has had multiple Ebola outbreaks, including one in 2000 that killed hundreds.

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A person dressed in ebola protective apparel inside an ebola care facility at the Bwera general hospital near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo in Bwera, Uganda. Uganda has had multiple Ebola outbreaks, including one in 2000 that killed hundreds. Photo: Reuters
Canada

Canada fired 2 scientists for sharing information with China, report says

Xiangguo Qiu and her husband, Keding Cheng, were escorted out of the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg before being sacked.

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Diplomacy

Opinion | From wars to global warming, world is crying out for collective action

Amid increased geopolitical strife, our interconnected world requires a collaborative approach on global warming, wars, infrastructure, public health, trade, and more, to safeguard our shared home.

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Medicine

The next pandemic? WHO working on list of pathogens to watch

The UN health agency is convening over 300 scientists to figure out which viruses and bacteria could potentially spark another international outbreak.

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The coronavirus is seen under an electron microscope. Image: Shutterstock
Disease

WHO declares outbreak of deadly Ebola-like Marburg virus in Ghana

No treatment or vaccine exists for Marburg, which is almost as deadly as Ebola. Its symptoms include high fever as well as internal and external bleeding.

World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO priority is to prevent sexual exploitation, says chief

‘Things are changing [but] it is not enough. We’re just starting,’ chief Tedros Ghebreyesus about making far-reaching changes following horrifying revelations of widespread abuse by humanitarian workers in 2020.

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Video | Bats tracked for Covid-19 origin

Bat viruses being studied in Cambodia to gain new coronavirus pandemic insights
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Africa

No evidence that Ivory Coast patient had Ebola virus, says WHO

The initial positive test on August 14 led Ivory Coast to declare its first Ebola outbreak in more than 25 years. Ebola typically kills about half of those it infects.

A woman receives a vaccination against Ebola in the slum of Alakro in Abidjan, Ivory Coast in August. Photo: Reuters
Africa

Citizens displaced by Congo volcano eruption now face cholera risk

Fears of a second eruption spurred the government to issue an evacuation order on Thursday that sent 400,000 residents fleeing.

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Canada

Viral security drama of Chinese-Canadian scientist who helped cure Ebola

Mystery surrounds Dr Qiu Xiangguo and her husband amid a two-year police investigation, a shipment of viruses to Wuhan, internet conspiracy theories, and a wall of official silence.

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World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO warns of ‘high risk’ of Ebola spreading to Guinea’s neighbours

The WHO said Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone and Liberia were not fully prepared for an Ebola outbreak.

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A health worker administers an Ebola vaccine in the Democratic Republic of Congo, amid an outbreak in the country and in Guinea. Photo: Reuters
Africa

Video | Ebola resurfaces in Africa

First Ebola deaths since 2016 reported in Guinea, as Congo battles fresh outbreak
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Africa

Guinea sees first Ebola deaths since 2016, as DR Congo battles outbreak

The West African country was the epicentre of an Ebola epidemic five years ago that left over 11,000 dead across the region.

Coronavirus pandemic

Explainer | What are the coronavirus mRNA vaccines and how do they work?

Two of the currently available vaccinations against Covid-19 use a relatively new technology which has not been approved before.

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