DRC Ebola outbreak ‘far from being under control’ – WHO chief
Synthesised from 2 African sources
(Photo by Tony KARUMBA / AFP) The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is moving faster than any previous epidemic of the disease and risks spreading to more countries, the head of the World Health Organization warned Tuesday.
Tuesday marked the second meeting of the WHO emergency committee since it declared on May 17 the outbreak a so-called Public Health Emergency of International Concern — its second-highest alert level.
The Ebola simulation treatment centre was set up by the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) a few weeks after the Ebola outbreak was officially declared on May 15 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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