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Olivia Acland
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The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tidros Adhanom Grepressos, said the spread of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo was "a public health emergency of international concern".
At a press conference held Wednesday in Geneva following a meeting of the FAO Emergency Committee to review the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabrios said: "The Commission has recommended that the Ebola outbreak be recognized as an international concern and accepted this recommendation ".
The Director General explained that the Committee had recommended that this decision be taken following the follow-up of Ebola cases in the overcrowded city of Goma as well as in Uganda.
"The risk of spreading Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in the region remains very high and the risk of spreading outside the region remains low," he said, adding that the organization does not recommended no restrictions on travel and trade with the DRC.
The latest outbreak of Ebola, the tenth in the DRC, began last summer. On the first day of August 2018, the local Ministry of Health announced outbreaks in North Kivu province.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported to date 2,512 cases of virus and 1,676 deaths, and 703 people have recovered from the disease. More than 133,000 vaccines have been administered, which many believe have helped to reduce the spread of the disease.
Doctors in the DRC record about 12 Ebola cases each day. The virus spreads among people through direct contact with the body fluids of the infected person, including infected blood, feces, vomiting or direct contact with contaminated instruments such as needles.
Source: agencies
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