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Congo-Kinshasa: Ebola Outbreak Not Yet a Global 'Health Emergency' - UN Health Experts
UN News, 19 May 2018
An emergency meeting of United Nations health experts said on Friday that the Ebola outbreak in north-west Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) - where cases of the deadly… Read more »
Ebola Outbreak Demands Strong Response - UN Health Experts
The World Health Organization Emergency Committee has said that while there should be no international travel or trade restrictions, the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) neighbouring countries should strengthen preparedness and surveillance. This comes as airport facilities and medical structures that served Nigeria in the aftermath of the 2014 Ebola virus disease outbreak are being reactivated as the country tries to be on the alert for possible reoccurrence following the confirmation of several EVD cases in the DRC.
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Congo's health ministry issued a statement late Friday confirming three new cases of lethal Ebola virus in Mbandaka city. There are now 17 confirmed and 43 possible Ebola cases. At ... Read more »
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A meeting convened by the World Health Organisation on Friday warned that there was a risk of the Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo spreading rapidly, even across internatonal ... Read more »
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With the country's unreliable electricity, storage of the vaccines will be tricky, as they require temperatures between minus 60 celsius (-76°F) and minus 80 celsius ... Read more »
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The World Health Organization has said that nineteen people have died so far in the latest Ebola outbeak with a total of 39 cases reported in the northwestern Equateur province, ... Read more »
