Summary:
- The World Health Organization said that on Friday May 18, 2018 a six-week-old outbreak of Ebola virus was in Democratic Republic of Congo. This outbreak was worrisome and must be aggressively controlled; however, it does not warrant a top designation as an international public health emergency. The organization’s emergency committee announced that the health authorities and aid organizations were in strong positions to halt the highly contagious disease even though it has already spread to an urban area. The Ebola virus spread from a rural northwest area of the Democratic Republic of Congo to Mbandaka which is a city of 1.2 million increasing the risk of a larger contagion. This outbreak has not met the conditions of the Public Health Emergency of International Concerns. Even with this outbreak, the emergency committee said there should not be restrictions on travel or trade. Instead they used for stronger surveillance and preparations for dealing with the disease.
Hyperlink:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/18/world/africa/who-ebola-outbreak.html
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