Ebola Outbreak Worsens Hunger Crisis in DR Congo as Uganda Declares End to Its Outbreak
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo continues to worsen, exacerbating a severe hunger crisis and hampering response efforts, with cases topping 3,200 and over 1,400 deaths. Meanwhile, neighboring Uganda has successfully declared an end to its latest Ebola outbreak.
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Fastest growing Ebola worsens Congo's hunger
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — The fastest growing Ebola outbreak ever recorded is leaving thousands more people hungry in eastern Congo, a region engulfed in conflicts and a fight over precious minerals, the head of the UN food agency warned Wednesday. The World Food Program’s acting executive director, Carl Skau, told The Associated Press during a visit to the hard-hit Ituri province that the outbreak is a “crisis on top of a crisis” that has compounded a catastrophic situation with over 5 million Congol
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Uganda's health minister declared the country Ebola-free on Tuesday following the East African nation's end of the latest outbreak of the viral haemorrhagic disease. It had infected 20 people and killed two of them in the country.
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