Gulf mediators and Iran agree to keep talking as US strike threat loomsIsrael votes at record turnout in election too close to callCongo Ebola cases pass 10,000 as neighbours tighten quarantineHouthis claim missile strike on Ras Tanura as Egypt backs RiyadhOleshky truce holds as Nordic leaders speak with PutinDrone strikes kill 21 in Nyala and cut power across Sudan as states warn of famineChurch reports 60 Orthodox Christians killed in two Oromia attacksIndia evacuates eastern coast as very severe Cyclone Arnab nears landfallJordan strikes southern Syria after church attack, Damascus protestsAnthropic's IPO filing shows heavy losses and warns of existential risksRussian strikes damage Kyiv's South Bridge and cut power in seven regionsFlávio Bolsonaro leaves for US as Brazil cancels his passportsOil holds near $115 while gas, fuel costs and inflation stay highChina's AI stocks keep falling despite state supportFrench student groups reject concessions as finance minister rules out new spendingAI stocks rebound as Meta raises equity and Anthropic files for IPOHebron displacement nears 5,000 as officers expect pullout after voteTwo men charged over RAF Fairford incidentStudent List wins Serbian election as Croatia demands acknowledgement of 1990s warsIndonesia and Singapore plan haze task force amid tensionsBrazil's real suffers worst day in over 25 years after Lula comebackIran threatens legal action against Sinokor ships over HormuzUN commission says Israel continued genocide in Gaza after ceasefireGas exporters meet in Moscow as Iranian and Qatari leaders hold talksIndonesian bond yield hits four-year high as MSCI risk and oil weighFrench consumer confidence hits 13-year low amid protestsGulf mediators and Iran agree to keep talking as US strike threat loomsIsrael votes at record turnout in election too close to callCongo Ebola cases pass 10,000 as neighbours tighten quarantineHouthis claim missile strike on Ras Tanura as Egypt backs RiyadhOleshky truce holds as Nordic leaders speak with PutinDrone strikes kill 21 in Nyala and cut power across Sudan as states warn of famineChurch reports 60 Orthodox Christians killed in two Oromia attacksIndia evacuates eastern coast as very severe Cyclone Arnab nears landfallJordan strikes southern Syria after church attack, Damascus protestsAnthropic's IPO filing shows heavy losses and warns of existential risksRussian strikes damage Kyiv's South Bridge and cut power in seven regionsFlávio Bolsonaro leaves for US as Brazil cancels his passportsOil holds near $115 while gas, fuel costs and inflation stay highChina's AI stocks keep falling despite state supportFrench student groups reject concessions as finance minister rules out new spendingAI stocks rebound as Meta raises equity and Anthropic files for IPOHebron displacement nears 5,000 as officers expect pullout after voteTwo men charged over RAF Fairford incidentStudent List wins Serbian election as Croatia demands acknowledgement of 1990s warsIndonesia and Singapore plan haze task force amid tensionsBrazil's real suffers worst day in over 25 years after Lula comebackIran threatens legal action against Sinokor ships over HormuzUN commission says Israel continued genocide in Gaza after ceasefireGas exporters meet in Moscow as Iranian and Qatari leaders hold talksIndonesian bond yield hits four-year high as MSCI risk and oil weighFrench consumer confidence hits 13-year low amid protests
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Congo Ebola cases pass 10,000 as neighbours tighten quarantine

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Congo's confirmed Ebola cases reached 10,060 with 4,887 deaths on Tuesday, government data show. It is the country's fastest-growing and deadliest outbreak on record.

The outbreak, declared on 15 May and caused by the Bundibugyo virus, has reached 66 health zones in eight provinces, up from three at the start. About 80 percent of new cases arise outside monitored transmission chains, while the Africa CDC says at least 95 percent must be linked to known contacts for an outbreak to count as under control. No vaccine or treatment is approved, though the WHO announced on Friday that a first vaccine trial had begun. More than 2,600 people have recovered, WHO Africa director Mohammed Janabi said.

Health workers under attack

On Saturday, 24 October, assailants killed a nurse and seriously injured a colleague responding to a suspected case in Bafwasende, Tshopo province, the WHO says. A local health official told Le Monde that youths accused the pair of spreading the virus with tablets, and the treatment centre was closed. Responders elsewhere have gone on strike over unpaid bonuses.

Neighbours tighten rules

Uganda's health minister announced on Sunday, 25 October, that returnees from Congo must quarantine for 21 days at their own cost. He also questioned Swiss findings that the woman behind Nigeria's first case, confirmed on 20 October, caught the virus in Uganda, pointing to relatives who had visited Congo.

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