The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo a \u201cpublic health emergency of international concern\u201d.<\/p>\n
The move may encourage wealthy donor countries to pr"},"modified":"2019-07-18T09:53:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T09:53:00","slug":"dr-congo-ebola-outbreak-declared-global-health-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/18\/dr-congo-ebola-outbreak-declared-global-health-emergency\/","title":{"rendered":"DR Congo Ebola outbreak declared global health emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo a \u201cpublic health emergency of international concern\u201d.<\/p>\n
The move may encourage wealthy donor countries to provide more cash.<\/p>\n
But the WHO stopped short of saying borders should be closed, saying the risk of the disease spreading outside the region was not high.<\/p>\n
The outbreak in DR Congo has killed more than 1,600 people.<\/p>\n
This week, the first case was detected in Goma, home to more than a million.<\/p>\n
The PHEIC emergency provision is the highest level of alarm the WHO can sound and has only been used four times previously.<\/p>\n
This includes the Ebola epidemic that devastated parts of West Africa from 2014 to 2016, and killed more than 11,000 people.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is time for the world to take notice,\u201d WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news conference in Geneva on Wednesday at which the emergency was declared.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies welcomed the move.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile it does not change the reality on the ground for victims or partners engaged in the response, we hope it will bring the international attention that this crisis deserves,\u201d it said in a statement.<\/p>\n
The outbreak, the second largest in history, started in August 2018 and is affecting two provinces in DR Congo \u2013 North Kivu and Ituri.<\/p>\n
More than 2,500 people have been infected and two-thirds of them have died.<\/p>\n
It took 224 days for the number of cases to reach 1,000, but just a further 71 days to reach 2,000.<\/p>\n
About 12 new cases are being reported every day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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