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DR Congo: Monkeypox cases top 2,000, Typhoid cases top 1 million

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Monkeypox From 1 January – 28 July 2022, the Democratic Republic of the Congo reported 2,266 suspected including 163 confirmed cases from 116 health zones across 20 provinces....

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Measles in the DRC: More than 2,500 cases including 20 deaths recorded in Kasaï-Oriental

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The chief doctor of the Kasaï-Oriental Provincial Health Division, Nestor Tshiteku said about the measles outbreak in the province Tuesday: “Today, we are at 2,538 cases including...

Democratic Republic of the Congo: 300 measles cases, 7 deaths reported in Kasaï-Oriental in one week

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The measles epidemic continues to spread in the health zones that make up the province of Kasaï-Oriental. More than 300 cases including 7 deaths were recorded in one week, according...

14th Ebola outbreak declared over in the DRC

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 For the third time since 2018, Equateur Province in the northwest Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has seen an Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) declared and later declared over. Today,...

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Plague update in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 On 04 April 2022, the Provincial Health Division (DPS) of the province of Ituri declared a resurgence of the Bubonic Plague epidemic in the health zone of Rethy, in the territory...

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DRC typhoid tally for 2022 is 755,014 cases year to date

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up report on the typhoid fever outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the World Health Organization (WHO) reports in 2022, from epidemiological week 1...

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DRC: More than 100 cholera cases reported in Kalehe health zone

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), officials announced an increase in cholera cases in the health zone of Kalehe. Administrator of the territory of Kalehe, Pascal...

More than Ebola: DRC reports cholera, measles, monkeypox, plague and typhoid outbreaks

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The ongoing Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has spread out to a new Health Zone with a new confirmed case reported on May 19 in Mama...

DRC reports 5th Ebola case in current outbreak

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The World Health Organization African Region tweeted today about a fifth Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) case in the Equateur province in western Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). According...

Ebola outbreak: 4th case confirmed in Mbandaka

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The World Health Organization (WHO) tweeted Friday: Health authorities in #DRC confirmed a 4th case of #Ebola on 19 May. The case patient, a 12-year-old boy in Wangata, passed away...