Ebola Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === 2018–2020 Kivu === {{Main|Kivu Ebola epidemic}} On 1 August 2018, the world's 10th Ebola outbreak was declared in [[North Kivu]] province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was the first Ebola outbreak in a military conflict zone, with thousands of refugees in the area.<ref>{{Cite news | vauthors = Beaubien J |date=2 August 2018 |title=Ebola In A Conflict Zone |work=NPR |publisher=[[National Public Radio]] (NPR) |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/08/02/635016034/ebola-in-a-conflict-zone |access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | vauthors = Specia M |date=2 August 2018 |title=The Latest Ebola Outbreak Is Centered in a War Zone |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/02/world/africa/ebola-outbreak-congo-war-zone.html |access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref> By November 2018, nearly 200 Congolese had died of Ebola, about half of them from the city of [[Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo|Beni]], where armed groups are fighting over the region's mineral wealth, impeding medical relief efforts.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 November 2018 |title=DRC: Ebola Outbreak Worst in Country's History, Kills Almost 200 |url=https://www.democracynow.org/2018/11/13/headlines/drc_ebola_outbreak_worst_in_countrys_history_kills_almost_200 |access-date=14 November 2018 |publisher=Democracy Now}}</ref> By March 2019, this became the second largest Ebola outbreak ever recorded, with more than 1,000 cases and insecurity continuing to be the major resistance to providing an adequate response.<ref name="CDC24March2019">{{Cite press release |title=Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo tops 1,000 cases |date=29 March 2019 |publisher=[[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) |url=https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2019/s0322-ebola-congo.html |access-date=12 May 2019}}</ref><ref name="WHOMay2019">{{Cite web |title=Ebola virus disease – Democratic Republic of the Congo |url=https://www.who.int/csr/don/02-may-2019-ebola-drc/en/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505054446/https://www.who.int/csr/don/02-may-2019-ebola-drc/en/ |archive-date=5 May 2019 |access-date=12 May 2019 |publisher=[[World Health Organization]] (WHO)}}</ref> {{As of|2019|6|4}}, the WHO reported 2025 confirmed and probable cases with 1357 deaths.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 June 2019 |title=Ebola virus disease – Democratic Republic of the Congo – Disease outbreak news: Update 6 June 2019 |url=https://www.who.int/csr/don/06-june-2019-ebola-drc/en/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607113738/https://www.who.int/csr/don/06-june-2019-ebola-drc/en/ |archive-date=7 June 2019 |access-date=7 June 2019 |publisher=[[World Health Organization]] (WHO)}}</ref> In June 2019, two people died of Ebola in neighbouring [[Uganda]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 June 2019 |title=Ebola outbreak: Grandmother dies in Uganda |work=[[BBC News Online]] |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-48622635 |access-date=15 June 2019}}</ref> In July 2019, an infected man travelled to [[Goma]], home to more than two million people.<ref>{{Cite web | vauthors = Larson K |date=15 July 2019 |title=Congo tracing contacts of first Ebola case in eastern city |url=https://apnews.com/7ae99b8b4e414467b9139abde98684ee |access-date=17 July 2019 |website=AP News}}</ref> One week later, on 17 July 2019, the WHO declared the Ebola outbreak a [[Public Health Emergency of International Concern|global health emergency]], the fifth time such a declaration has been made by the organisation.<ref>{{Cite web | vauthors = Cheng M, Keaten J |date=17 July 2019 |title=Ebola outbreak in Congo declared a global health emergency |url=https://apnews.com/204fc739fc5846cdba4093ee65c4f7db |access-date=17 July 2019 |website=AP News}}</ref> A government spokesman said that half of the Ebola cases are unidentified, and he added that the current outbreak could last up to three years.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 August 2019 |title=Half of Ebola cases in DR Congo 'unidentified' |work=BBC News Online |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-49212116 |access-date=3 August 2019}}</ref> On 25 June 2020, the second biggest EVD outbreak ever was declared over.<ref name="finish">{{Cite web |date=25 June 2020 |title=DR Congo's deadliest Ebola outbreak declared over |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53179323 |access-date=25 June 2020 |website=BBC News}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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