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WHO Elevates Ebola Risk in Congo to Very High
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The World Health Organization has upgraded the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo to a "very high" risk level, citing more than 750 suspected cases, 177 suspected deaths, and 82 confirmed infections. The crisis is worsened by attacks on medical supplies and bans on funerals, which are hampering containment efforts.
We are now playing catch-up with a very fast-moving epidemic.
We are urgently scaling up operations, but at the moment the epidemic is outpacing us.
So far, 82 cases have been confirmed, with seven confirmed deaths. But we know the epidemic in the DRC is much larger. There are now almost 750 suspected cases and 177 suspected deaths.
We are also aware of reports today about another American national with a high-risk contact who has been transferred to the Czech Republic.
We are now revising our risk assessment to very high at the national level, high at the regional level, and low at global level.
Building trust in the affected communities is critical to a successful response, and is one of our highest priorities.
The potential of this virus spreading rapidly is high, very high, and that changed the whole dynamic.
I can guarantee you that together, we will manage to get over this outbreak as soon as we can.
We are running behind, we are not yet under control.
This is a promising treatment drug, but it has still to be implemented under a very, very strict protocol.
So I would really encourage everyone, let's help each other, we can bring this thing into control.
You just need one contact case to put all of us at risk, so my wish and prayer is that we should give [Ebola] the attention it deserves.
It would be a big mistake to underestimate it, especially with a virus with this strain, Bundibugyo, [for] which we don't have the vaccine.
We are rapidly evaluating the landscape of products that are available, determining what products may be the most appropriate, and determining the best way that we can ensure the safe and effective delivery of therapeutics in the appropriate way to assess their efficacy.
The outbreak will be around for a few months.
Declared sixteen times, conquered sixteen times. The 17th will be no different.
You cannot tell people to stop with their culture, and then they just stop right away. They are still eating them (wild meat) because they don't have another alternative.
It starts from the forest, and we don't have any control there.
There is denial of the disease within the population, with some members wanting to claim the bodies of suspected and/or confirmed cases.
sources
- 1.France 24
- 2.DW News
- 3.Sweden Herald
- 4.CNN
- 5.The Times of India
- 6.Al Jazeera
- 7.The Guardian
- 8.Los Angeles Times
- 9.CGTN
- 10.Arab News
- 11.The Straits Times
- 12.CTV News
perspectives
countries
- 1.Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
- 2.Congo
- 3.Uganda
- 4.Rwanda
- 5.South Sudan
- 6.United States
- 7.Iran, Islamic Republic of
- 8.Germany
- 9.India
- 10.Angola
- 11.Burundi
- 12.Czechia
organizations
- 1.World Health Organization
- 2.International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent
- 3.Doctors Without Borders
- 4.Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- 5.African Union
- 6.M23
- 7.US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- 8.Mongbwalu General Referral Hospital
- 9.Alliance for Medical Action
- 10.International Rescue Committee
- 11.Islamic State
- 12.Physicians for Human Rights
persons
- 1.Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
- 2.Richard Lokudi
- 3.Esther Sterk
- 4.Gabriela Arenas
- 5.Jean Kaseya
- 6.Heather Kerr
- 7.Pierre Basola
- 8.Samuel-Roger Kamba
- 9.Vanny Birungi
- 10.Abdi Rahman Mahamud
- 11.Anne Ancia
- 12.Julienne Lusenge