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Mr.fox should there be an Ebola news and discussion thread?

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With Epidemic ‘Outpacing’ Response, WHO Chief Warns Ebola Outbreak Will ‘Get Worse Before It Gets Better’
By Brett Wilkins
May 25, 2026

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(Common Dreams) World Health Organization Director-General Tedros ⁠Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned Monday that the swiftly spreading Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda “will get worse before it gets better,” as a deadly delay in detecting infections has responders to the epidemic “playing catch-up.”

Read more here: https://www.commondreams.org/news/who-ebola-warning

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Mr.fox should there be an Ebola news and discussion thread?

Not yet. If it spreads to several other countries and the deaths begin reaching into the thousands, then yeah. Let's hope to God it doesn't come to that.

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Ebola-hit DR Congo faces 'catastrophic collision' of disease and conflict, WHO warns

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Ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo is hampering the Ebola outbreak response, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned.

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the east of the country was at the centre of a "catastrophic collision of disease and conflict" with the Ebola outbreak in Ituri province outpacing the response.

In a statement posted on X, Tedros said the WHO "cannot build community trust or isolate the sick while bombs are falling".

He is due to arrive in DR Congo on Wednesday to spearhead scaling up efforts to contain the virus. There have been 220 suspected deaths since the outbreak was declared.

Aid workers have been struggling as travel is difficult because of poor road conditions while conflict and mass displacement have also weakened the health system - as have international aid cuts.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxpdex062yo

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Kenyan Court Rejects Plan for U.S. Ebola Quarantine Center Amid Growing Outbreak
By Brett Wilkins
May 29, 2026

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(Common Dreams) A day after US officials said Kenya had approved a request to open a quarantine center for Americans exposed to a rare strain of the Ebola virus, a court in the East African nation on Friday temporarily blocked the plan amid a growing outbreak in neighboring Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The High Court prohibited the Kenyan government from establishing or operating any Ebola exposure, quarantine, isolation, or treatment facility in the country under any agreement with the United States or any other foreign government or agency.

The court also blocked Kenya’s government from allowing anyone infected with or exposed to Ebola into the country pending the outcome of the case, which was filed by the Katiba Institute, a civil rights group.

“At its core, the case is about preserving constitutional accountability, protecting public health, and ensuring that no government may place expediency above the lives and safety of the people of Kenya,” Katiba Institute executive director Nora Mbagathi said Thursday.

A 50-bed Ebola quarantine center was set to open Friday at Laikipia Air Base in Nanyuki, located approximately 125 miles north of Nairobi. The facility would have been operated by members of the US Public Health Service, a uniformed branch of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Read more here: https://www.commondreams.org/news/keny ... arantine

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