The latest local news from Kongo-Kinshasa, in English.
When the alarm goes off, it's a given. The staff at the safety laboratory in Stockholm should be on site within two hours. As the only laboratory in the Nordic region, it receives samples with suspected Ebola and other particularly dangerous infectious agents. "Of course, we review the procedures when there is an ongoing outbreak in the world," says unit head Johan Aarum.
SwedenThrough Sida, Sweden is contributing SEK 120 million to the World Health Organization (WHO) in efforts to combat the Ebola outbreak.
SwedenThe number of confirmed Ebola cases in the ongoing outbreak in East Africa is expected to soon reach 500, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
WorldA colonel in the Congolese army has been sentenced to death for the murder of Swedish UN employee Zaida Catalán in March 2017, SVT Nyheter reports.
CrimeAn effort against the feared hemorrhagic fever, Ebola, worth the equivalent of nearly five billion Swedish kronor, is now being launched by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the African Union's disease control agency, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).
WorldRefugees in Congo-Kinshasa are suffering in the shadows. It is considered one of the world's most forgotten crises - for the tenth year in a row.
WorldCongo-Kinshasa's planned World Cup qualifier against Chile has been cancelled by the mayor of the Spanish host city, who cited fears of Ebola.
FootballEU health ministers will hold an extraordinary meeting on the Ebola situation.
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