WHO sounds Ebola alarm over outbreaks in Congo, Guinea

WHO sounds Ebola alarm over outbreaks in Congo, Guinea

An outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Guinea poses a regional risk that requires exceptional vigilance, a senior World Health Organisation official said.

Congo has confirmed four cases of Ebola since a resurgence of the virus was announced on 7 February in Butembo, the epicentre of a previous outbreak that was declared over last June.

An Ebola vaccination campaign has begun in Butembo, in eastern DRC, the WHO said in a tweet on Monday.

Separately, the West African country of Guinea declared a new Ebola outbreak on Sunday, with seven confirmed cases and three deaths.

“We have to be exceptionally vigilant, highly alert”, Mike Ryan, WHO’s top emergency expert, told a news briefing.

“This disease (Ebola) represents a regional risk” The Ebola virus causes severe vomiting and diarrhoea and is spread through contact with body fluids

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