The outbreak, which was located in DRC’s northeast, in North Kivu province, was declared on 8 October. This thirteenth outbreak came five months after the end of the twelfth outbreak, also in North Kivu province. It was the country’s fifth outbreak since May 2018.
MSF teams responded to the outbreak in North Kivu.
Read about the tenth outbreak in DRC’s northeast. Read about the eleventh outbreak in Équateur province. Read about the twelfth outbreak in North Kivu province.
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Medical activities suspended after Ebola treatment centre attack
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Second Ebola treatment centre in North Kivu attacked
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North Kivu: Ebola centre inoperative after violent attack
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Potential new Ebola drugs being trialled in MSF treatment centres
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Ebola patient care increases amid growing tensions in North Kivu
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Ebola in DRC: This has touched my heart forever
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Ebola spreads further into urban communities and isolated areas in North Kivu
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Ebola in DRC: Cutting the chains of transmission
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Ebola in the DRC: between operational trial and error and scientific uncertainty
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“Ebola is about human beings and trust”
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With a new Ebola outbreak, we knew we had to act fast
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