Risk Of Ebola Spread Out Of DRC 'Extremely Low' If Local Response Efficient - WHO
Sumaira FH Published August 30, 2018 | 03:33 PM
The risk of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) spreading to other countries outside the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is very low, but it depends on local response in the epicenter of the ongoing outbreak, Dr. Mike Ryan, the assistant director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), said on Thursday.
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 30th August, 2018) The risk of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) spreading to other countries outside the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is very low, but it depends on local response in the epicenter of the ongoing outbreak, Dr. Mike Ryan, the assistant director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), said on Thursday.
"My assessment at this point is that the risk to other countries is extremely low but we have to be vigilant and we have to ensure that, and the best way we can contain this risk globally is to contain this virus locally right now in [the northeastern city of] Beni," Ryan said at a press conference.
The most recent outbreak of Ebola in DRC was registered on August 1, mostly hitting the Ituri and North Kivu provinces and coming just months after the previous outbreak that took place in May and claimed the lives of 33 people.
According to the WHO, as of August 22, 2018, 103 cases of Ebola (76 confirmed and 27 probable) including 63 deaths (36 confirmed and 27 probable) were reported in North Kivu and Ituri Provinces, which border Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan.
In an attempt to contain the virus, WHO is using experimental vaccines that were developed following a 2013-16 outbreak in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, which killed more than 11,000 people, the WHO noted.
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