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WHO Says DRC Could Declare End of Ebola Outbreak by December

A staff member of the World Health Organization (WHO) walks through an Ebola treatment center in the Bulape health zone, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), October 16, 2025. The World Health Organization (WHO) said Sunday that health authorities could declare the end of the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in early December if no new cases are detected before then. TO GO WITH "WHO says DRC could declare end of Ebola outbreak by December" Photo by World Health Organization/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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WHO Says DRC Could Declare End of Ebola Outbreak by December

A health worker disinfects at an Ebola treatment center in the Bulape health zone, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), October 17, 2025. The World Health Organization (WHO) said Sunday that health authorities could declare the end of the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in early December if no new cases are detected before then. TO GO WITH "WHO says DRC could declare end of Ebola outbreak by December" Photo by World Health Organization/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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WHO Says DRC Could Declare End of Ebola Outbreak by December

A health worker washes her hands at an Ebola treatment center in the Bulape health zone, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), October 17, 2025. The World Health Organization (WHO) said Sunday that health authorities could declare the end of the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in early December if no new cases are detected before then. TO GO WITH "WHO says DRC could declare end of Ebola outbreak by December" Photo by World Health Organization/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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WHO Says DRC Could Declare End of Ebola Outbreak by December

This photo shows an Ebola treatment center in the Bulape health zone, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), October 17, 2025. The World Health Organization (WHO) said Sunday that health authorities could declare the end of the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in early December if no new cases are detected before then. TO GO WITH "WHO says DRC could declare end of Ebola outbreak by December" Photo by World Health Organization/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Uganda declares end of Ebola outbreak

STORY: Uganda declares end of Ebola outbreak DATELINE: Jan. 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:40 LOCATION: Kampala CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Kampala 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): TEDROS ADHANOM GHEBREYESUS, WHO Director-General 3. various of healthcare workers caring for patients 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MATSHIDISO MOETI, WHO Regional Director for Africa 5. WHO staff talking to a healthcare worker 6. various of the healthcare worker unboxing supplies 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MATSHIDISO MOETI, WHO Regional Director for Africa 8. various of participants in a workshop STORYLINE: Uganda on Wednesday said the Ebola Sudan Virus outbreak in the country has ended after no new case was reported over a period of 42 days. The World Health Organization (WHO) requires that for a country to be declared Ebola-free, it should spend 42 days (two 21-day incubation cycles of the virus) without any new cases reported. Minister of Health Ruth Aceng made the announcement in the Central Region district of Mubende, which was

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UGANDA-MUBENDE-EBOLA OUTBREAK-END

(230112) -- MUBENDE, Jan. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Cleaner Muhammad Sebukera works at an Ebola isolation center at a hospital in the Central Region district of Mubende, Uganda, Jan. 11, 2023. Uganda on Wednesday said the Ebola Sudan Virus outbreak in the country has ended after no new case was reported over a period of 42 days. (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua)

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UGANDA-MUBENDE-EBOLA OUTBREAK-END

(230112) -- MUBENDE, Jan. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 11, 2023 shows the outside of an empty Ebola isolation center at a hospital in the Central Region district of Mubende, Uganda. Uganda on Wednesday said the Ebola Sudan Virus outbreak in the country has ended after no new case was reported over a period of 42 days. (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua)

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UNFPA official calls for support for pregnant women in Africa

NEW YORK, United States - Kae Ishikawa, a United Nations Population Fund official handling resources and external affairs, gives an interview in New York, United States, on Nov. 14, 2014, calling for Japan's support for saving pregnant women in Africa, especially in Liberia and Sierra Leone where medical conditions have been deteriorating due to the Ebola outbreak.

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Prepare vaccines before outbreaks: Gavi CEO Berkley

TOKYO, Japan - Seth Berkley, chief executive officer of Geneva-based vaccine alliance Gavi, stresses the importance of developing vaccines before outbreaks of infectious diseases during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo in October 2014. Berkley suggested that the current Ebola outbreak could have been handled better with proper preparation.

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IRFC chief calls for more manpower to fight Ebola scare

TOKYO, Japan - Elhadj As Sy, secretary general of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, calls for more medical workers to fight the Ebola fever outbreak at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2014.

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Japan donates 13 vehicles to Liberia, Sierra Leone

NARITA, Japan - A departure ceremony is held at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Oct. 28, 2014, for 13 used vehicles including ambulances and minibuses to be donated by the Japanese government to Liberia and Sierra Leone to fight an Ebola virus outbreak, attended by Liberian Ambassador to Japan Youngor Telewoda (3rd from front R) and other officials.

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Ebola outbreak leaves over 3,700 orphans in W. Africa

TOKYO, Japan - Edward Chaiban, UNICEF's director of emergency programs, speaks in an interview in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2014. He said there are about 3,700 orphans in the West African countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone who lost their parents to the Ebola epidemic.

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Ebola-related economic loss could top $30 bil.: World Bank

WASHINGTON, United States - World Bank President Jim Yong Kim attends a press conference in Washington, the United States, on Oct. 9, 2014. He said the bank estimated the economic loss related to the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa could top $30 billion by the end of 2015.

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WFP head says food aid essential for Ebola patients

TOKYO, Japan - Ertharin Cousin, executive director of the U.N. World Food Program, gives an interview in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2014. She said food aid for quarantined people in West Africa due to the Ebola outbreak is essential to stop the spread of the disease. She was in Japan to attend the World Assembly for Women in Tokyo.

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Ebola outbreak in Liberia

DOLO TOWN, Liberia - Liberian soldiers go on patrol on Sept. 4, 2014, in Dolo Town near the capital city of Monrovia, Liberia, in West Africa. At the time, Dolo Town was quarantined by the government to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Ebola outbreak in Liberia

MONROVIA, Liberia - Liberian Red Cross staff carry the body of a patient who died after being infected with the Ebola virus onto a truck on Sept. 4, 2014, in Monrovia, the capital city of the West African country of Liberia. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Ebola outbreak in Liberia

MONROVIA, Liberia - A young man (R) in West Point, the largest slum in Monrovia, the capital city of the West African country of Liberia, takes his clothes off on Sept. 5, 2014, saying there is no Ebola virus in the area. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Ebola outbreak in Liberia

MONROVIA, Liberia - A young couple (C) in West Point, the largest slum in Monrovia, the capital city of the West African country of Liberia, embrace each other, saying, "We are not scared of the Ebola virus" on Sept. 5, 2014. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Ebola outbreak in Liberia

MONROVIA, Liberia - A doctor (back) is sprayed with disinfectant solution after finishing treatment for Ebola-infected patients on Sept. 4, 2014, at an isolation ward of a hospital in Liberia, West Africa. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Tokyo to send 100,000 protective suits to W. Africa

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo Metropolitan Government plans to send 100,000 protective suits of the kind seen here to doctors in Sierra Leone and Liberia fighting to contain the Ebola outbreak. The suits will be sent through the Japan International Cooperation Agency. The photo was taken on Sept. 9, 2014.

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Nurse reports on Ebola outbreak

TOKYO, Japan - Terumi Yoshida, a Doctors Without Borders nurse deployed in Sierra Leone, reports about the Ebola outbreak in West Africa at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 5, 2014.

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Japanese woman works for WFP in Ebola-hit Sierra Leone

TOKYO, Japan - Naoe Yakiya, seen in this undated file photo, works as deputy chief of the office of the U.N. World Food Program in Sierra Leone, western Africa, caught in an outbreak of the Ebola virus.

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UGANDA-KAMPALA-CHINA-DONATION-MEDICAL SUPPLY

(221210) -- KAMPALA, Dec. 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Jiang Jiqing (R), commercial counselor at the Chinese Embassy in Uganda, hands over a donation of medical supplies to Emmanuel Tugaineyo, director of China-Uganda Friendship Hospital, in Kampala, Uganda, on Dec. 8, 2022. Chinese embassy, together with Chinese enterprises and the Chinese medical team in Uganda donated medical supplies to China-Uganda Friendship Hospital on Thursday in an effort to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ebola outbreak. (Photo by Nicholas Kajoba/Xinhua)

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UGANDA-KAMPALA-CHINA-DONATION-MEDICAL SUPPLY

(221210) -- KAMPALA, Dec. 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member arranges medical supplies donated to China-Uganda Friendship Hospital, in Kampala, Uganda, on Dec. 8, 2022. Chinese embassy, together with Chinese enterprises and the Chinese medical team in Uganda donated medical supplies to China-Uganda Friendship Hospital on Thursday in an effort to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ebola outbreak. (Photo by Nicholas Kajoba/Xinhua)

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UGANDA-MUBENDE-EBOLA-DISINFECTION

(221103) -- MUBENDE, Nov. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man disinfects facilities at an isolation center in Mubende district, Uganda, Nov. 1, 2022. The Ministry of Health figures showed that as of Oct. 26, the country has registered 115 confirmed Ebola cases, 32 deaths since the outbreak was announced on Sept. 20. (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua)

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New Ebola case reported in DR Congo, linked to previous outbreak

STORY: New Ebola case reported in DR Congo, linked to previous outbreak DATELINE: Aug. 24, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:00 LOCATION: BENI, DR Congo CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Beni, NE DR Congo 2. various of the press conference held in Beni, NE DR Congo 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): MICHEL TOSALISANA, Chief Medical Officer of the Beni Health Zone 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): NARCISSE MUTEBA KASHALE, Mayor of the city of Beni STORYLINE: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Monday confirmed a new case of the Ebola virus in the northeastern North Kivu Province, the health ministry said in a statement. The African country registered a new Ebola case on Aug. 17 in the province's Beni health zone in a 46-year-old female who was admitted to the Beni General Hospital in late July and died on Aug. 15 in the intensive care unit, the ministry said. Sequencing tests suggest the case is genetically linked to the large outbreak in 2018-2020 that was centered in North Kivu and Ituri provinces, it said. During t

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DRC-EBOLA-CASE

(220424) -- BRAZZAVILLE, April 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- File photo taken on March 21, 2021 shows a medical worker vaccinating a local resident against the Ebola virus in North Kivu province, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). DRC declared the 14th outbreak of Ebola virus after one confirmed case was reported in Mbandaka, a city in the DRC's northwestern Equateur Province, confirmed Saturday the World Health Organization in a statement. (Photo by Alain Uaykani/Xinhua)

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DRC-EBOLA-CASE

(220424) -- BRAZZAVILLE, April 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- File photo taken on March 21, 2021 shows a medical worker disinfecting a local Ebola treatment center in North Kivu province, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). DRC declared the 14th outbreak of Ebola virus after one confirmed case was reported in Mbandaka, a city in the DRC's northwestern Equateur Province, confirmed Saturday the World Health Organization in a statement. (Photo by Alain Uaykani/Xinhua)

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Int'l group of doctors striving to eliminate Ebola in West Africa

Joanne Liu, international president of Doctors Without Borders, speaks to the press in Tokyo on March 20, 2015, stressing that the organization strives to put a complete end to the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Liberians rejoice as Ebola outbreak declared over

Liberians on May 9, 2015, rejoice at the end of the Ebola outbreak, wearing a T-shirt that says "Liberia is free from EBOLA." The World Health Organization declared Liberia free of Ebola virus transmission the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IRFC chief calls for more manpower to fight Ebola scare

TOKYO, Japan - Elhadj As Sy, secretary general of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, calls for more medical workers to fight the Ebola fever outbreak at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Japan donates 13 vehicles to Liberia, Sierra Leone

NARITA, Japan - A departure ceremony is held at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Oct. 28, 2014, for 13 used vehicles including ambulances and minibuses to be donated by the Japanese government to Liberia and Sierra Leone to fight an Ebola virus outbreak, attended by Liberian Ambassador to Japan Youngor Telewoda (3rd from front R) and other officials. (Kyodo)

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Ebola outbreak leaves over 3,700 orphans in W. Africa

TOKYO, Japan - Edward Chaiban, UNICEF's director of emergency programs, speaks in an interview in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2014. He said there are about 3,700 orphans in the West African countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone who lost their parents to the Ebola epidemic. (Kyodo)

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WFP head says food aid essential for Ebola patients

TOKYO, Japan - Ertharin Cousin, executive director of the U.N. World Food Program, gives an interview in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2014. She said food aid for quarantined people in West Africa due to the Ebola outbreak is essential to stop the spread of the disease. She was in Japan to attend the World Assembly for Women in Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Ebola outbreak in Liberia

MONROVIA, Liberia - A doctor (back) is sprayed with disinfectant solution after finishing treatment for Ebola-infected patients on Sept. 4, 2014, at an isolation ward of a hospital in Liberia, West Africa. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)(Kyodo)

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Tokyo to send 100,000 protective suits to W. Africa

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo Metropolitan Government plans to send 100,000 protective suits of the kind seen here to doctors in Sierra Leone and Liberia fighting to contain the Ebola outbreak. The suits will be sent through the Japan International Cooperation Agency. The photo was taken on Sept. 9, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Nurse reports on Ebola outbreak

TOKYO, Japan - Terumi Yoshida, a Doctors Without Borders nurse deployed in Sierra Leone, reports about the Ebola outbreak in West Africa at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 5, 2014. (Kyodo)