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'Perfect Storm' Of Risks Threatens DRC Ebola Response: WHO

Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published September 25, 2018 | 05:38 PM

'Perfect storm' of risks threatens DRC Ebola response: WHO

The struggle to contain the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is facing a "perfect storm" of challenges, including rebel violence and pre-election manipulation, the UN said Tuesday

Geneva, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 25th Sep, 2018 ) :The struggle to contain the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is facing a "perfect storm" of challenges, including rebel violence and pre-election manipulation, the UN said Tuesday.

"We are now extremely concerned that several factors may be coming together over the next weeks to months to create a perfect storm," the World Health Organization's emergency response chief, Peter Salama, told reporters, warning that the response to the outbreak was at a "critical juncture."

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