Ebola

Regeneron's drug becomes first FDA-approved Ebola virus treatment

The drugmaker has said it is now talking with the FDA about an emergency use authorisation for its experimental dual antibody cocktail for Covid-19.

WHO probing sexual abuse allegations in DRC

WHO states that it has a "zero-tolerance policy with regard to sexual exploitation and abuse."

New Ebola outbreak in DRC kills 11, infects 17

Fresh infections surface in western province of Mbandaka as Democratic Republic of Congo's dilapidated health system battles both a measles epidemic and Covid-19.

WHO warns of pressure on Latin American health systems

The World Health Organization's emergencies director Michael Ryan said four of the 10 countries showing the greatest number of new Covid-19 cases over the last 24 hours were in Latin America.

DRC reports four deaths in fresh Ebola outbreak

Democratic Republic of Congo's Health Minister Eteni Longondo says disease has erupted in a district of the northwestern city Mbandaka, a transport hub on the Congo River with a population of more than a million.

A batty solution? The potential vaccine for future outbreaks

Bats may well be the answer, so why not try?

Coronavirus could hamper fight against HIV and malaria in Africa

A fragile healthcare system and a continent facing several pre-existing ailments, the coronavirus looks set to further strain resources.

Cuba sends doctors to South Africa to help combat coronavirus

The island nation has sent around 1,200 healthcare workers largely to vulnerable African and Caribbean nations but also to rich European countries such as Italy that have been particularly hard hit by the novel coronavirus.

Experimental virus drug Remdesivir fails in human trial

The experimental drug, which previously failed in trials against Ebola, was said not to show a difference in time to clinical improvement in a draft summary of findings that briefly went online on the WHO's website.

Escape of Ebola patient in DRC sparks fear of further infection

The Democratic Republic of Congo was two days away from declaring the end of the world's second-largest Ebola epidemic when a new chain of infection was discovered on April 10, following more than seven weeks without a new case.

Congo's dilemma: From Ebola to Covid-19 and back

Ebola was on the brink of being declared over, but new cases have propped up alongside the emergence of the coronavirus.

Congo records third new Ebola case from same infection chain - WHO

The new Ebola case prevented the Democratic Republic of Congo from declaring the end of the second-deadliest outbreak of the virus.