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Two months since hundreds of thousands of people fled violence in north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), UN humanitarians warned today that armed militia continue to make their safe return impossible. UNTV CH

Two new drugs being tested on Ebola patients in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) show that more than 90 per cent of people can survive if treated within three days of showing symptoms, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today. UNTV CH

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Security Council presidential statement expresses grave concern over latest Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo at 8590th meeting.

On the one-year anniversary of the declaration of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has so far caused 1756 deaths, Ebola Emergency Response Coordinator David Gressly, said that he “never thought we would still be talking about the same outbreak.” UNIFEED

Press briefing via video-link with Ebola Emergency Response Coordinator, David Gressly, and the World Health Organization (WHO) Assistant Director-General for Emergency Response, Ibrahima Socé Fall, to provide an update on the Ebola outbreak.

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

A second case of Ebola that has been confirmed in Goma, a major city of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, “underscores the very real risk of a spike in disease transmission, perhaps beyond the country’s borders,” the United Nations officials warned in a cross-agency joint statement. UNIFEED

The World Health Organization (WHO) said nearly one year after the latest Ebola epidemic broke out in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the disease continues to devastate lives. Some 2,500 people have now been infected with the virus, of whom more than 1,700 have died in the year-long outbreak. UNTV CH