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Congo-Kinshasa: Ebola in DRC Is Not a Global Health Emergency - WHO
VOA, 18 October 2018
An emergency committee convened by the World Health Organization has decided that the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo does not constitute a public health… Read more »
Ebola in DR Congo Not a Global Health Emergency - WHO
The World Health Organization says one reason it does not regard the outbreak as a global threat is that the virus has not spread into neighboring countries.
A team that has just finished setting up a tent in the high-risk zone in the Ebola treatment centre, getting out of their personal protective equipment (PPE). It’s hard work, and harder still in such attire. Photographer: Karin
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