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“The disease has already killed at least 4,000 people in Congo since May in what has become the world's fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record.”

“The ministry reported four new cases on Saturday, three of whom were health workers who treated the country’s first Ebola patient, a man who travelled from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to Nairobi and died at a Nairobi hospital on October 5.”

“Kenya’s cases are linked to the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has recorded more than 9,000 cases and more than 4,300 deaths since it was officially detected in May.”

“A vessel carrying fish traders has capsized in Lake Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), killing at least 12 people with dozens still missing, authorities said.”

“But the DRC is a behemoth of a country; the conflict zones and current Ebola outbreak are closer to East Africa’s tourism hotspots than they are to the province through which we’re travelling.”

“The deadly blaze comes at a time when Congo is battling with an Ebola outbreak that is spreading at unprecedented speed.”

“… Secretary Chris Wright was due to visit the country with Chevron executives Wednesday. 🇨🇩 Ebola update: Schools reopened in Ituri province, the area of DR Congo at the center of the fastest-growing outbreak in history, despite teachers’ and parents’…”