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Ebola virus

Ebola virus
Ebola is a disease of humans and other primates caused by ebola viruses that typically occurs in outbreaks in tropical regions of Sub-Saharan Africa. The death rate for humans with the disease could be as high as 90 per cent.
Medical workers from the Alliance for International Medical Action don personal protective equipment as they set up a treatment centre for the Ebola response in Rwampara, DR Congo, on Friday. Photo: Reuters
Disease

Ebola shows world unprepared for next pandemic, ex-US CDC head says

Tom Frieden called the latest outbreak of the deadly disease a ‘stress test’ that the world is failing so far.

Africa

Kenya court blocks US Ebola quarantine centre

Africa

Uganda shuts border with DR Congo to curb surging Ebola outbreak

Africa

African Development Bank meets as shrinking aid, Ebola cast long shadows

The bank is pushing to tap Africa’s own financial resources to plug what it estimates is a US$400 billion annual development financing gap.

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French President Emmanuel Macron and Kenya’s President William Ruto pose for a photo with other African heads of state during the closing ceremony of the ‘Africa Forward’ Summit 2026 at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC), in Nairobi, Kenya, on May 12, 2026. Photo: Reuters
Africa

‘Everyone’s problem’: Ebola death toll rises, many African nations at risk

‘High mobility and insecurity’ in the region are helping to spread the highly contagious virus, amid decades of conflict by armed groups.

Africa

Ebola spreads in eastern Congo as contact tracing falters

Health workers have only been able to follow up with a fraction of contacts, and some thought to be infected have fled treatment centres.

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Africa

WHO raises risk assessment as DR Congo’s Ebola outbreak spreads ‘rapidly’

Chief of the UN health agency said the risk remains high for regional spread and low at global levels.

A medical worker checks temperature for a local journalist in Bunia, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Thursday. Photo: Xinhua
Africa

DR Congo police fire warning shots as protesters burn Ebola patient tents

Angry residents torch a medical facility in a town hit hard by the outbreak as mistrust deepens over burials.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong issues red travel alert for DR Congo as Ebola outbreak spreads

139 suspected deaths and 600 suspected cases have been recorded in DR Congo and Uganda, with numbers expected to rise.

Hong Kong society

Editorial | Despite low risk of Ebola, Hong Kong is vigilant and prepared

City never had Ebola and has no direct flights to affected cities. Still, traveller screenings are stepped up and the quarantine bay readied.

Hong Kong announced on May 17 the activation of the “alert response” level under its three-tier plan for an outbreak of Ebola. Photo: ISD
Africa

Outbreak of rare Ebola strain sparks race to find vaccines and treatments

Doctors battling the deadly Bundibugyo strain in DR Congo will likely have to wait months for a vaccine.

An armed M23 rebel guards the Rodolphe Merieux Laboratory in Goma, DR Congo, where suspected cases of the rare Ebola strain are being tested. Photo: Reuters
Singapore

Singapore, Japan, South Korea boost Ebola screening after WHO alert

Other Asian nations including Vietnam and Indonesia have also announced increased monitoring or public health measures at ports of entry.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong steps up Ebola precautions, prepares Lantau Island quarantine facility

Centre for Health Protection prepares Penny’s Bay site and response plan, including tracing, as central Africa outbreak declared global emergency.

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Disease

WHO warns of ‘scale and speed’ of deadly Ebola outbreak

Deaths and cases surge in eastern DR Congo as rare Ebola strain spreads.

A Congolese health worker checks a woman's temperature at a border crossing point. Photo: Reuters
Africa

US to screen for Ebola at airports as American worker is infected

US implements airport screenings and suspends visa services following a WHO declaration over the deadly Ebola strain.

A digitally colourised scanning electron micrograph depiction shows numerous filamentous Ebola virus particles in green, budding from a chronically infected VERO E6 cell in orange. Photo: NIAID via Reuters
Disease

Silent spread of rare and deadly Ebola strain exposes surveillance gaps

A four-week detection delay for the Bundibugyo variant has left dozens dead in DR Congo and triggered a global alert.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong urged to trigger travel alert to DR Congo, Uganda amid Ebola outbreak

Infectious disease expert says more preventive measures necessary, noting frequent exchanges between mainland Chinese and central African cities.

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Africa

US citizens in DR Congo potentially exposed to Ebola, report says

CDC escalates its response to the latest deadly outbreak after the WHO declares an international emergency.

A staff member at CBCA Virunga Hospital in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, prepares rooms intended for possible suspected Ebola cases. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong ramps up health checks for travellers from Africa after Ebola outbreak

Move follows WHO declaring outbreak of deadly disease on continent a ‘public health emergency of international concern’.

DR Congo

Ebola outbreak in Congo, Uganda declared an international health emergency

The Bundibugyo strain, which killed more than 80 people, has no specific treatments or vaccines.

Africa

Congo Ebola outbreak: constant burials as death toll reaches 80

Congo has experience in managing Ebola outbreaks but often faces logistical challenges to get expertise and supplies to affected regions.

A health official uses a thermometer to screen people in front of Kibuli Muslim Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, on Saturday. Photo: AP
Africa

Africa calls multi-nation health meeting amid fatal Ebola outbreak

There have been 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths recorded so far in the DRC, around five months after the last outbreak was declared over.

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Health workers dressed in protective gear work at an Ebola treatment centre in Beni, Congo, in 2019. File photo: AP
United States

WHO chief urges pandemic accord action after US withdrawal

The WHO’s Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned that the next pandemic is ‘a matter of when, not if’.

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Japan

‘More devastating than atomic bomb’: fears mount over Japanese lab in Nagasaki

The laboratory, which will study some of the deadliest viruses, has prompted concerns over a repeat of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Africa

Uganda nurse dies from Ebola in first outbreak since 2022

Uganda has had multiple Ebola outbreaks, including one in 2000 that killed hundreds.

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A person dressed in ebola protective apparel inside an ebola care facility at the Bwera general hospital near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo in Bwera, Uganda. Uganda has had multiple Ebola outbreaks, including one in 2000 that killed hundreds. Photo: Reuters
Canada

Canada fired 2 scientists for sharing information with China, report says

Xiangguo Qiu and her husband, Keding Cheng, were escorted out of the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg before being sacked.

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Officials concluded that Xiangguo Qiu and her husband “a realistic and credible threat to Canada’s economic security”, a newspaper report said. Photo: Handout
Diplomacy

Opinion | From wars to global warming, world is crying out for collective action

Amid increased geopolitical strife, our interconnected world requires a collaborative approach on global warming, wars, infrastructure, public health, trade, and more, to safeguard our shared home.

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Medicine

The next pandemic? WHO working on list of pathogens to watch

The UN health agency is convening over 300 scientists to figure out which viruses and bacteria could potentially spark another international outbreak.

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