WHO declares Ebola crisis in Congo "public health emergency of international concern"

WHO declares Ebola crisis in Congo "public health emergency of international concern"

The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo a "public health emergency of international concern."br Wednesday's declaration comes as almost seventeen-hundred people have died since the outbreak was reported 11 months ago.br Since then, a campaign of vigilance and vaccination had kept the virus confined within two provinces in northeastern Congo.br But on Wednesday, the WHO reported a fisherwoman had died in Congo after four vomiting incidents at a market in Uganda.br The WHO said the designation is aimed at accelerating production of the vaccine,... which is in short supply.


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