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Ebola cases increase almost 40% in week as death toll passes 200An Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda has claimed over 200 lives. This is the worst outbreak at this stage, with thousands of potential con...19 Jun, 2026, 09.50 AM IST- Ebola cases in eastern Congo climb to 782 and deaths reach 181, authorities sayCongo's Ministry of Health reported 782 confirmed Ebola cases and 181 deaths, with the outbreak concentrated in Ituri province. The rare Bu...15 Jun, 2026, 08.33 AM IST
- Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo: Mongbwalu residents split over disease threat and government responseAn Ebola outbreak is devastating Mongbwalu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Many residents deny the virus's existence, complicating...29 May, 2026, 10.17 AM IST
- Ebola outbreak: US citizen infected, 131 killed, vaccines available for only one strain. Here's why WHO is sounding red alarmEbola Vaccines are only available for the Zaire strain, which was identified in 1976 and has a higher fatality rate of 60-90 per cent.19 May, 2026, 02.29 PM IST
- WHO confirms five hantavirus cases on Atlantic cruise ship; warns risk to public remains "low"The WHO has confirmed five hantavirus cases and three deaths aboard the Hondius cruise ship in the Atlantic. Linked to the Andes strain, th...08 May, 2026, 10.05 AM IST
- Lockdown, Day 81: Another grim milestoneSome experts, meanwhile, have come down hard on the ICMR for its assertion that there was no community transmission of COVID-19, saying it ...13 Jun, 2020, 07.08 PM IST
- Global death toll from COVID-19 passes 400,000The milestone was reached Sunday, a day after the Brazilian government stopped publishing a running total of coronavirus deaths and infecti...07 Jun, 2020, 04.13 PM IST
- China reopens more schools, revives flightsOf the new cases, two were imported and three came from the northeastern province of Jilin that has seen a small spike in infections of unk...17 May, 2020, 08.01 AM IST
- Death toll due to COVID-19 rises to 1,373; number of cases climb to 42,533A total of 67 deaths were reported since Sunday evening, of which 28 fatalities were reported from Gujarat, 27 from Maharashtra, six from R...04 May, 2020, 10.38 AM IST
- After pause, ICMR says protocol key for antibody testsA day after the Indian Council of Medical Research halted antibody testing for two days after receiving complaints about inaccuracies, it a...23 Apr, 2020, 08.06 AM IST
- HSBC sends home 100 London staff, confirms China coronavirus caseHSBC Holdings PLC has sent home more than 100 staff in London after a worker tested positive for the coronavirus, the first known case at a...06 Mar, 2020, 10.56 AM IST
- Covid-19: 'Very homesick' Wuhan residents trickle back to stricken cityThe young couple stepped from a Chinese bullet train onto the deserted platform of Wuhan Station and into the epicentre of the coronavirus ...05 Mar, 2020, 12.51 PM IST
- Iran reports 22 deaths from coronavirus; 141 infectedThe number of people diagnosed with the disease is 141, the chart showed. It did not specify whether those who have died were included in t...27 Feb, 2020, 01.37 PM IST
- China reports 254 new virus deaths and 15,152 daily casesHundreds of infections have been reported in more than two dozen other countries and territories, but only two people have died from the vi...13 Feb, 2020, 02.37 PM IST
- Nipah death toll touches 12, samples of fruit eating bats being collected for testingAccording to an official, the droppings, urine and secretions of the bats would also be sent for testing.26 May, 2018, 07.22 PM IST
- Swine flu: 11 more die, toll rises to 2,108The ministry said that the death toll has increased to 435 in Gujarat, which is the worst hit state in the country.03 Apr, 2015, 09.00 PM IST
- 51 more swine flu deaths, affected cases cross 25,000 markSwine flu deaths continued unabated as 51 more people died of the virus raising the toll to 1370 while the number of affected crossed the 2...08 Mar, 2015, 09.43 PM IST
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