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WHO chief says ‘deeply concerned’ by ‘scale and speed’ of DR Congo Ebola outbreak
GENEVA: The World Health Organization chief said Tuesday he was “deeply concerned” by an Ebola outbreak raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo which has spilt into Uganda, believed to have killed 131 people. “Early on Sunday, I declared a public health emergency of international concern over an epidemic of Ebola disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the World Health Assembly in Geneva. “I did not do this lightly... I’m deeply concerned about the scale and speed of the epidemic,” he said.
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africanews.com
WHO declares Ebola outbreak an emergency of international concern | Africanews
Some 88 people have died from the highly contagious haemorrhagic fever in the DR Congo, with one death in Uganda, and at least 336 suspected cases.
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abc.net.au
WHO declares Ebola outbreak an 'emergency of international concern'
At least 80 people have died in what the World Health Organization says potentially could be a "much larger outbreak than what is currently being detected and reported".
