Ebola River - Wikipedia
The Ebola River (/ i ˌ b oʊ l ə / or / ə ˈ b oʊ l ə /), [1] [2] also commonly known by its Ngbandi name Legbala, [3] is the headstream of the Mongala River, a tributary of the Congo River, in northern Democratic Republic of the Congo. [4]
Outbreak History | Ebola | CDC - Centers for Disease Control and …
Ebola disease was first identified in 1976 after an outbreak in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo. Since then, these viruses have emerged periodically from the unknown animal that carries them and infected people in several African countries.
Ebola virus disease - World Health Organization (WHO)
Apr 20, 2023 · Ebola first appeared in 1976 in 2 simultaneous outbreaks, one in what is now Nzara, South Sudan, and the other in Yambuku, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The latter occurred in a village near the Ebola River, from which the disease takes its name.
Ebola virus disease –Democratic Republic of the Congo
Sep 29, 2022 · On 21 August 2022, the MoH of the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared an Ebola outbreak following laboratory confirmation via reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) of Ebola virus in a fatal case in Beni health zone, North Kivu province.
Ebola virus disease - Democratic Republic of the Congo
Nov 18, 2020 · Ebola virus disease is present in animal reservoirs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and before this EVD outbreak, the country had reported 13 EVD outbreaks since 1976. The current outbreak is the third EVD outbreak in Equateur province and …
Ebola: Your questions answered - BBC
Jul 18, 2019 · Ebola was discovered in 1976, when there were two deadly outbreaks of the disease. One was in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the former Zaire, in a village near the Ebola river, hence...
Sep 10, 2020 · On June 25, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the end to an Ebola outbreak that began nearly two years earlier in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The outbreak—DRC’s 10th on record—was concentrated in a conflict zone, complicating containment efforts, and became the world’s second-largest Ebola outbreak ever.
Congo declares end of Ebola outbreak that killed six people
Dec 16, 2021 · Authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday declared the end of an Ebola outbreak that emerged in early October in North Kivu province and infected 11 people, killing six of them.
World’s second-deadliest Ebola outbreak ends in Democratic
Jun 26, 2020 · An outbreak of the Ebola virus in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that has been raging since 2018 has officially ended.
DR Congo's deadliest Ebola outbreak declared over - BBC News
Jun 25, 2020 · However, DR Congo, which is the size of mainland western Europe, is dealing a fresh Ebola outbreak in the north-west of the country. The case in Mbandaka was announced on 1 June where 13 people...