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  Ebola outbreak: India sends emergency medical aid to Congo amid rising cases across Central Africa

  World | May 28, 2026 6:29 IST

  India has dispatched urgent medical supplies to bolster Congo's fight against the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak, now declared a global public health emergency. Africa CDC confirmed receipt of diagnostics, therapeutics and infection control materials, which will be rapidly deployed to affected areas.

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  Ebola alert in Gujarat: Man arriving from Congo quarantined in Ahmedabad, sample sent for testing

  Gujarat | May 27, 2026 19:43 IST

  Gujarat has reported its first suspected Ebola case after a 37-year-old banker from Congo was admitted to Ahmedabad Civil Hospital and placed in quarantine. The man developed Ebola-like symptoms, including high fever, after arriving in Vadodara from Mumbai.

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  Ebola scare in Bengaluru: Ugandan woman isolated after landing at airport, sample sent for testing

  Karnataka | May 27, 2026 9:57 IST

  A Ugandan woman who arrived in Bengaluru on May 23 has been isolated for Ebola testing amid global concerns over the virus. Authorities shifted her to the Epidemic Diseases Hospital in Indira Nagar as a precaution, with medical teams waiting for her test results.

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  India issues travel advisory for Congo, Uganda and South Sudan over Ebola outbreak

  India | May 24, 2026 9:24 IST

  The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has also classified the outbreak as a “Public Health Emergency of Continental Security.”

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  India-Africa Forum Summit IV, scheduled for this month, postponed due to Ebola outbreak

  India | May 21, 2026 16:33 IST

  India-Africa Forum Summit IV: In a release issued, the Ministry of External Affairs said India has reaffirmed its solidarity with African nations, adding that it is ready to contribute Africa CDC-led efforts with focus on addressing the evolving health situation there.

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  Ebola outbreak: Delhi Airport issues advisory for international passengers

  India | May 21, 2026 11:52 IST

  Ebola outbreak: WHO has declared the Ebola outbreak a public health emergency of international concern, requiring a coordinated response.

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  Ebola is not connected to COVID-19, says Mumbai doctor amid outbreak concerns

  Health | May 20, 2026 7:42 IST

  Amid growing concern around the recent Ebola outbreak, many people are mistakenly comparing the virus to COVID-19. Consulting Physician explains that Ebola is a completely different disease that spreads through direct contact with infected bodily fluids and animals such as fruit bats and monkeys.

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  WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda a global health emergency

  Health | May 17, 2026 11:53 IST

  The WHO has declared the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern after more than 300 suspected cases and 88 deaths were reported. Health officials say the outbreak involves the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, which currently has no approved vaccine.

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  Elon Musk admits US 'accidentally' cancelled Ebola prevention grant: 'We won't be perfect'

  World | February 27, 2025 13:18 IST

  DOGE head Elon Musk has admitted that the US "accidentally cancelled" funds aimed at Ebola prevention. However, he insisted that "there was no interruption" in services before the funding was restored.

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  What is Ebola virus disease? Know its warning signs and symptoms

  Health | November 18, 2022 22:01 IST

  Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak is constantly increasing. It generally affects people and nonhuman primates (such as monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzees). Know what are the signs and symptoms of this disease.

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  'Ebola-like' Marburg virus cases detected in Ghana, WHO declares outbreak in country

  World | July 18, 2022 8:12 IST

  Marburg Virus in Ghana: The disease, a very infectious hemorrhagic fever in the same family as Ebola, is spread to people by fruit bats and transmitted among people through direct contact with bodily fluids of infected people and surfaces

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  Guinea declares Ebola epidemic after 4 deaths

  World | February 15, 2021 7:24 IST

  Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, said, "WHO is supporting the authorities to set up testing, contact-tracing and treatment structures and to bring the overall response to full speed".

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  Disease X: The next pandemic? Doctor who discovered Ebola says 'new deadly viruses to hit mankind'

  World | January 05, 2021 17:01 IST

  Doctors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have come across a woman, who shows early symptoms of hemorrhagic fever. The patient has already undergone a test for Ebola.

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  2 separate Ebola outbreaks reported in Africa as world reels from COVID-19

  World | June 10, 2020 13:33 IST

  As the world reels from the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19, Africa is having to deal with the return of an old outbreak that has led to deaths in the continent time and time again in the last decade. As per latest reports, 2 separate Ebola outbreaks have been reported in Africa which have no connection to each other. 

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  Coronavirus more challenging than Ebola, MERS: Harvard's Marc Lipsitch tells India TV

  World | March 12, 2020 21:46 IST

  The deadly novel coronavirus is more challenging than global health epidemics Ebola and MERS, Harvard Epidemiology professor Marc Lipsitch told India TV Digital. Marc Lipsitch is Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

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  This Ebola survivor with motorbike helps ease fear

  World | October 21, 2019 18:09 IST

  Kalubenge is a rare motorcycle taxi driver who is also an Ebola survivor in eastern Congo, making him a welcome collaborator for health workers who have faced deep community mistrust during the second deadliest Ebola outbreak in history.

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  Ebola outbreak in Congo declared 'health emergency'

  World | July 18, 2019 7:10 IST

  The announcement was made on Wednesday following a meeting of the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee for Ebola virus disease in Congo, the fourth of its kind since the outbreak was declared on August 1, 2018, Xinhua reported.

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  Ugandan medics now tackling Ebola say they lack supplies

  World | June 15, 2019 17:46 IST

  While Ugandan authorities praise the health workers as “heroes” and say they are prepared to contain the virus, some workers disagree, wondering where the millions of dollars spent on preparing for Ebola have gone if a hospital on the front line lacks basic supplies.

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  Congo's Ebola outbreak now second largest in history: WHO

  World | November 30, 2018 6:28 IST

  Salama this month predicted that the outbreak in northeastern Congo will last at least another six months before it can be contained.

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  New vaccine developed to cure Ebola

  Lifestyle | June 21, 2017 17:23 IST

  There have been some recent clusters of Ebola cases in Africa and the fear is that the survivors may still spread the virus to uninfected people.