Ebola in DRC: over 1,100 suspected cases, suspected cases ruled out in Brazil and Italy, Tedros wraps up Kinshasa visit

South Africa

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African and global South sovereignist cluster · 4 of 16 countries

Pretoria sees the Ebola crisis spilling over into Kenya and accuses the US military of defying Nairobi's judicial order: African sovereignty is at play in Laikipia

Australia

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Western technical-sanitary cluster · 4 of 16 countries

Canberra follows the vaccine race (rVSV, ChAdOx1, mRNA) and tallies the delay on Bundibugyo dormant since 2013

Belgium

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Belgium relays from Antwerp the words of a Flemish doctor from the Institute of Tropical Medicine who arrived in Bunia: 'the virus is deeply rooted'

Brazil

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Brazil breathes a sigh of relief as two suspects are cleared in São Paulo and Rio, and the Estadão warns: the next pandemic is not Ebola but the fragility of multilateralism post-Covid

Canada

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Canada suspends for 90 days visas of the DRC, South Sudan, and Uganda, and Montreal measures the human cost of the decision on its Congolese diaspora

Chile

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Santiago observes the epidemic from the other Latin America and tallies North American health protocols for the 2026 World Cup

South Korea

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Seoul hosts Jean Kaseya for clinical trials and tallies the vaccine envelope: $60M CEPI, $50M Gavi, $220.6M World Bank Pandemic Fund

Egypt

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Cairo chooses the angle of hope: five recoveries in Bunia, two suspects cleared outside Africa, and confirmed numbers presented in a low key

United States

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FIFA World Cup and border security cluster · 3 of 16 countries

Washington tracks Ebola on three fronts: 1,100 cases in the DRC, suspected cases in São Paulo, Rio, and Cagliari, and the political price of the Laikipia quarantine

France

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Western technical-sanitary cluster · 4 of 16 countries

Paris follows Tedros to Kinshasa and reads the epidemic from the calendar of eradication promised by Tshisekedi for 2027

Japan

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Tokyo reads the epidemic from a global biosafety perspective and confirms via Japan Today that the suspected cases in Brazil and Italy have been ruled out

Kenya

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Nairobi erupts in Nanyuki against the American quarantine center at Laikipia: shots in the air, tear gas, and a lawyer pleading 'centers must be near epicenters'

Mexico

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Mexico closes its doors to travelers from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, and South Sudan nine days before the kickoff of the 2026 World Cup

Nigeria

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Abuja remembers 2014 and chooses a linguistic angle: Punch demands that 'Ebola' always be written with a capital letter, as a toponym

Qatar

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Qatar amplifies the voices of Kenyan protesters on Al Jazeera and announces the emergency meeting of European Health Ministers on Friday

United Kingdom

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Western technical-sanitary cluster · 4 of 16 countries

London views the outbreak as a global public health issue, following two key leads: the January patient zero and the vaccine development race