Nigeria confirms first Ebola case amid concerns about continental spread
Nigeria’s Health Ministry says a woman who arrived on a flight from Uganda tested positive.

Nigeria’s Health Ministry says a woman who arrived on a flight from Uganda tested positive.

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The first imported case of Ebola has been recorded in Kenya.
Burning of a Ebola-hit transit camp sends 19,000 fleeing, illustrating the difficulties of controlling epidemic.

A funeral has been held for the politician who was killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Marie-Celestin Karondwa died of his injuries after being beaten at his home in Butembo, an Ebola hotspot, on Sunday.
Fatalities near 4,000 across the DRC as health workers battle community anger and a vaccine-resistant strain.

The Ebola outbreak has spread to new areas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with 10 countries at high risk.
Health workers struggle as new Ebola cases are found in border regions of South Ubangi and Haut-Uele.

DR Congo is rolling out vaccine trials for health workers at the centre of the country’s Ebola crisis.
50,000 frontline staff to receive a jab for a different Ebola strain, with 20,000 enrolled in a one-year clinical trial.
The DRC faces a growing Ebola threat as cases soar in North Kivu, despite progress in other regions, says Tedros