DR Congo Ebola outbreak an emergency of global concern: WHO
Kinshasa. The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a " public health emergency of international concern, " a rare designation only used for the gravest epidemics, AFP reports.
The year-old Ebola epidemic in eastern DR Congo, the second deadliest on record, has largely been contained to remote areas, but this week saw a patient diagnosed with the virus in provincial capital Goma, the first case in a major urban hub.
" It is time for the world to take notice, " WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement, as he accepted the advice of his advisory board to invoke the emergency provision, activated by the UN health agency only four times previously.
The year-old Ebola epidemic in eastern DR Congo, the second deadliest on record, has largely been contained to remote areas, but this week saw a patient diagnosed with the virus in provincial capital Goma, the first case in a major urban hub.
" It is time for the world to take notice, " WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement, as he accepted the advice of his advisory board to invoke the emergency provision, activated by the UN health agency only four times previously.
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