Ebola Outbreak: DR Congo Declared Global Health Emergency - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 18, 2019
The World Health Organization has declared theEbola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo a “public healthemergency of international concern”.
The move may encourage wealthy donor countries toprovide more cash.
But the WHO stopped short of saying bordersshould be closed, saying the risk of the disease spreading outside the regionwas not high.
The outbreak in DR Congo has killed more than1,600 people.
This week, the first case was detected in Goma,home to more than a million.
The PHEIC emergency provision is the highestlevel of alarm the WHO can sound and has only been used four times previously.
This includes the Ebola epidemic that devastatedparts of West Africa from 2014 to 2016, and killed more than 11,000 people.
He said he accepted recommendations there should be no restrictions on travel or trade, and no entry screening of passengers at ports or airports outside the immediate region.