Ebola

More than 1,000 people have died in an epidemic of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Agency refers to a statement from the DR Congo Health Ministry. According to it, 1008 people died of the virus, and the reported cases of disease were 1529.

An outbreak of Ebola in eastern DR Congo has killed 67 people this month, authorities said Saturday, as they roll out a battery of new drugs to tackle the virus amid concerns it has spread to a rebel-encircled area.

DR Congo on Tuesday officially declared the end of an outbreak of Ebola, bringing the curtain down on a 10-week re-emergence of the disease which claimed 33 lives.

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The Latest on Congot (all times local):

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Congo's Ministry of Health has announced 11 new confirmed Ebola cases and two deaths tied to cases in the country's northwest.

The World Health Organization says the Democratic Republic of the Congo is again facing an outbreak of the contagious and deadly Ebola virus.

Congolese Health Minister Oly Ilunga announced Saturday that three people had died of the virus in the northeast of the country.

A prototype vaccine for Ebola may be "up to 100 percent effective" in protecting against the deadly virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Dec. 23.

A woman in Sierra Leone is thought to have died from Ebola, officials said Jan. 14, just hours after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an end to an epidemic of the disease.

The United Nations Ebola chief said Nov. 18 his top priority now that the deadly Ebola epidemic appears to be nearing an end is helping more than 15,000 survivors who need medical and psychological support.

Ebola did not take Victoria Yillia's life. And it could not prevent the birth of her son. And yet it loomed, even on this, her happiest day.

A U.N.-sponsored independent report by experts denounced May 11 the World Health Organization?s (WHO) slow response to the Ebola crisis.

?It is still unclear to the panel why early warnings approximately from May through to July 2014 did not result in an effective and adequate response,? an interim report by the experts said.