Thousands Flee Ebola-Hit Displacement Camp in DR Congo – UN - The Press United

Militia Violence Empties 19,000-Person Camp at Heart of Ebola Outbreak as Death Toll Rises

The United Nations expressed alarm in a statement on Thursday that the Kigonze camp in Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) — which temporarily housed thousands of displaced people — had been entirely emptied, scattering its population during an uncontrolled Ebola outbreak.

Thousands flee Ebola-hit displacement camp in DR Congo – UN

Clashes have emptied much of the site over the past week while a fire destroyed a key disease transit center, the agency has reported. Thousands of people have fled an Ebola-hit displacement camp in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), leaving it largely abandoned after clashes erupted during a security operation, the UN […]

Thousands flee Ebola-hit displacement camp in DR Congo – UN - The Press United

Clashes have emptied much of the site over the past week while a fire destroyed a key disease transit center, the agency has reported Thousands of people have fled an Ebola-hit displacement camp in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), leaving it largely abandoned after clashes erupted during a security operation, the UN […] The post Thousands flee Ebola-hit displacement camp in DR Congo – UN appeared first on The Press United | I…

An Ebola Treatment Center Was Burned Down As The Death Toll In Congo Passes 4,000 – 710am KURV

By DIEUDONNE DIROLE and OPE ADETAYO Associated Press BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s Ebola outbreak has killed more than 4,000 people, authorities said, as they struggle to contain what has become the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history. The latest figures released by the Health Ministry on Thursday showed that 4,018 people have died among 8,300 cases recorded since the outbreak was declared in eastern Congo on May 15. Some health workers, me…