WHO Raises Eastern DR Congo Ebola Risk to Very High as Cases Top 900
The World Health Organization has raised the Ebola risk in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to very high as the Bundibugyo-strain outbreak spreads beyond Ituri province into other parts of the country and neighboring Uganda. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said more than 900 suspected cases, including 101 confirmed, have been identified in Congo.
Locally transmitted cases have been confirmed in Uganda, prompting authorities to intensify screening at airports and border points. The strain has a 30% to 50% fatality rate and no approved vaccine, while health workers are also contending with aid cuts as they try to contain the outbreak.
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@theinsiderpaperBREAKING - Ebola risk upgraded from high to 'very high' in DR Congo: WHO chief
@yasharRT @AFP: Deadly DR Congo Ebola outbreak spreads to M23-held South Kivu. Efforts to get a grip on the latest outbreak of the highly contagi…
@nexta_tv😳 BREAKING: Relatives in Congo burned down an Ebola treatment center after doctors wouldn’t release their family member’s body According to CNN, relatives of a patient who died from Ebola attacked and burned the facility after being told t
@trtworldAn angry crowd set fire to part of a hospital in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo after authorities stopped family members from taking the body of a suspected Ebola patient home for burial. Police fired warning shots as unrest erupt
@bbcworldAfrica summit in India postponed over Ebola outbreak fears
@businessUganda effectively closes its border with neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo in an attempt to check the spread of an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus
@reutersUN agencies brief media on Ebola
@ajenglishAn Ebola victim has been buried by health workers in hazmat suits amid tensions between families and local authorities in eastern DR Congo over funeral restrictions.
@boweschayWHO fears that the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is much larger than reported. At the moment, 671 cases of the disease and 160 deaths have been registered. The risk of a global pandemic is currently low, according to available data. htt
@afp⚠️ An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has spread to eastern South Kivu province in an area under the control of the Rwanda-backed M23 militia, heightening fears of the deadly disease's growing reach. ➡️
@reutersA global health academic at King's College London said the Ebola risk to World Cup fans was low, as the virus requires direct contact with a sick person and is not airborne, but said enhanced airport screening could cause queues and logisti
@faytuksnetworkWHO Africa Director says they are fighting on two fronts against the Ebola outbreak; the disease itself and misinformation, following a tent-burning incident.
@reutersWHO briefing on the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo
@trtworldAngry protesters attack and torch tents at an Ebola treatment centre in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province, in an attempt to recover bodies of their relatives who died from the disease, a local official says https://
@endgameww3Ebola outbreak 'spreading rapidly' - as vaccine from UK scientists 'months away'
@polymarketJUST IN: WHO officially raises the risk of the Ebola outbreak in Congo to “very high” nationally, warning the virus could spread rapidly.
@ajenglishAn Ebola outbreak is spreading rapidly across eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with health authorities struggling to contain new cases amid ongoing insecurity and community unrest. Al Jazeera’s Alain Uaykani reports
@theinsiderpaperRiot hits DR Congo hospital as Ebola response angers victims' families
@polymarketJUST IN: U.S. orders Congo’s football team to isolate for 21 days in an “Ebola bubble” or risk being banned from the World Cup.
@firstsquawkUS HALTS VISAS FOR PEOPLE WHO VISITED EBOLA-HIT COUNTRIES: WSJ
@yasharNEWS The U.S. is pausing visa issuance for any travelers who have been in South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, or Uganda within 21 days of planned travel to the United States as part of a sweeping response to contain a rapidly s
@wsjExclusive: The U.S. is pausing visa issuance for travelers who have been in several Central African countries within 21 days of planned travel to the U.S. as part of a response to contain an Ebola outbreak.
@jenniferjjacobsRT @WSJ: Exclusive: The U.S. is pausing visa issuance for travelers who have been in several Central African countries within 21 days of pl…
@ericldaugh🚨 NOW: President Trump and Marco Rubio have just BLOCKED visa issuances to foreigners who have visited South Sudan, Congo or Uganda within 21 days because of Ebola — WSJ Good! Protect America, NO foreigner has a "right" to a visa 🇺🇸 https:
@france24_enEye on Africa - Health workers struggle with Ebola outbreak as WHO declares highest risk level in DR Congo ➡️