Ebola risk raised to 'very high' in DR Congo
The head of the UN health agency says the risk in the wider region is "high", but it remains "low" at the global level.
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The head of the UN health agency says the risk in the wider region is "high", but it remains "low" at the global level.
In response to a rapidly escalating Ebola outbreak in northeastern Congo, authorities have banned funeral wakes and gatherings exceeding 50 people. The World Health Organization now categorizes the outbreak as posing a 'very high' risk for Congo, although global risk remains low.
The World Health Organization has upgraded the public health risk of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from high to 'very high' as the outbreak continues to spread. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the revised risk assessment, noting 82 confirmed cases and seven deaths in the DRC, with nearly 750 suspected cases and 177 suspected deaths.
The World Health Organization has raised its public health risk assessment for the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo from 'high' to 'very high'. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus confirmed 82 cases and seven deaths in the DRC, with nearly 750 suspected cases and 177 suspected deaths. The Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, which lacks an effective vaccine, has been detected among the patients.
The UN is rushing emergency personnel, funding, and supplies into eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to counter the fast-growing Ebola outbreak. The World Health Organization has raised the national risk assessment for DRC to 'very high', with 82 confirmed cases and seven deaths, and nearly 750 suspected cases and 177 suspected deaths reported.
The World Health Organization has revised its risk assessment of the Ebola virus from 'high' to 'very high' within the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The risk remains low at a global level. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus confirmed 82 cases and seven deaths in the DRC, with nearly 750 suspected cases and 177 suspected deaths.
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