The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday that the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is better prepared than in the past to deal with the new Ebola outbreak that has been detected, but warned of the risk of spreading because the affected area is closely linked to the capital and neighboring countries.
“You have to be careful. Mbandaka is very connected to Kinshasa. You have to be alert and vigilant,” said the director of WHO health emergenciesMichael Ryan.
The new outbreak was declared this weekend and has resulted in the deaths of two people, while 145 people considered “contacts” are undergoing epidemiological checks in the city of Mbandaka, the capital of the northwestern province of South Africa. Ecuador.
dr. Ibrahima Socé Fall, deputy director for comments from Emergencies of the organization, noted that it is alarming that Ebola has been rediscovered in an urban area and with high population density.
Source: El heraldo
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