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! === 2022 === On 23 April 2022, a case of Ebola was confirmed in the DRC in the Equateur province. The case was a 31-year-old man whose symptoms began on 5 April, but did not seek treatment for over a week. On 21 April, he was admitted to an Ebola treatment centre and died later that day.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 April 2022 |title=New case of Ebola hemorrhagic fever found in DR Congo |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/23/new-case-of-ebola-hemorrhagic-fever-found-in-dr-congo |access-date=24 April 2022 |website=[[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]] |language=en}}</ref> By 24 May 2022, there were 5 recorded deaths in the DRC.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 May 2022 |title=All reported DR Congo Ebola patients dead: WHO |url=https://gazettengr.com/all-reported-dr-congo-ebola-patients-dead-who/ |access-date=25 May 2022 |website=[[Peoples Gazette]]}}</ref> On 15 August, the fifth case was buried, and the outbreak was declared over, 42 days after, on 4 July 2022.<ref>{{Citation |title=Ebola virus disease – Democratic Republic of the Congo |date=4 July 2022 |url=https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2022-DON398 |work=[[World Health Organization]] |language=en |access-date=15 September 2022}}</ref> In September 2022, [[2022 Uganda Ebola outbreak|Uganda reported 7 cases infected with the Ebola Sudan strain]],<ref>{{Cite news | vauthors = Biryabarema E |date=22 September 2022 |title=Uganda has confirmed seven Ebola cases so far, one death |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/uganda-ebola-cases-stand-seven-so-far-2022-09-22/ |access-date=23 September 2022}}</ref> but by mid-October the count had increased to 63.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 October 2022 |title=Uganda is battling Ebola again – and the world doesn't have a vaccine {{!}} Devi Sridhar |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/10/uganda-ebola-vaccine |access-date=12 October 2022 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> In November 2022, the outbreak in Uganda continued - still without a vaccine.<ref name="Guiliani 2022" /> On 10 January 2023, the outbreak was considered over after no new cases had been reported for 42 days; the outbreak killed nearly 80 people.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 January 2023 |title=Ebola outbreak in Uganda declared over |url=https://bnonews.com/index.php/2023/01/ebola-outbreak-in-uganda-declared-over/ |access-date=12 January 2023 |website=BNO News |language=en-US}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page