WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the U.N. health agency was revising upward to “very high” its assessment of the risk within Congo, which had previously been deemed as high. The risk remains high for regional spread and low at global levels, he told reporters.
The WHO chief noted that 82 cases have been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with seven confirmed deaths, “but we know the epidemic in DRC is much larger.”
He said there are now almost 750 suspected cases and 177 suspected deaths. The situation in neighboring Uganda is “stable” with two cases confirmed in people who had traveled from Congo, with one death.
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> The U.S. has pledged $23 million in funding to bolster the response in Congo and Uganda, and said it would also fund the establishment of up to 50 Ebola treatment clinics in the affected regions of Congo and Uganda.
I’m relatively surprised that’s happening with the current admin. I guess the deep state endures.
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The risk comes down to African burial practices. In Africa it’s common for mourners to touch or kiss the deceased even if they died of a communicable disease. That’s not the case in the west, maybe in some ethnic groups but not on a large scale. That’ll limit the spread if it does escape the Congo.
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Time to move to iceland
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That’s great. 😮💨
Covid needs a new competitor, I guess, so few mutations and the pandemic is back on, baby!
I wonder when will we learn.. probably never, stupid cattle that we are as a whole especially when it’s the greedy and stupid idiots that almost always control the purse strings.
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The west will not care until it reaches Cape Town or Johannesburg, and a blonde blue eyed little girl makes the news
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*Hantavirus in the lead, but no – it’s Ebola from behind!*
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[AP reports – ](https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/chief-says-ebola-outbreak-congo-123531435.html?ncid=redditnewsus)The head of the World Health Organization said Friday that the Ebola outbreak in Congo is “spreading rapidly” and now poses a “very high” risk at the national level.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the U.N. health agency was revising upward to “very high” its assessment of the risk within Congo, which had previously been deemed as high. The risk remains high for regional spread and low at global levels, he told reporters.
The WHO chief noted that 82 cases have been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with seven confirmed deaths, “but we know the epidemic in DRC is much larger.”
He said there are now almost 750 suspected cases and 177 suspected deaths. The situation in neighboring Uganda is “stable” with two cases confirmed in people who had traveled from Congo, with one death.
> The U.S. has pledged $23 million in funding to bolster the response in Congo and Uganda, and said it would also fund the establishment of up to 50 Ebola treatment clinics in the affected regions of Congo and Uganda.
I’m relatively surprised that’s happening with the current admin. I guess the deep state endures.
The risk comes down to African burial practices. In Africa it’s common for mourners to touch or kiss the deceased even if they died of a communicable disease. That’s not the case in the west, maybe in some ethnic groups but not on a large scale. That’ll limit the spread if it does escape the Congo.
Time to move to iceland
That’s great. 😮💨
Covid needs a new competitor, I guess, so few mutations and the pandemic is back on, baby!
I wonder when will we learn.. probably never, stupid cattle that we are as a whole especially when it’s the greedy and stupid idiots that almost always control the purse strings.
The west will not care until it reaches Cape Town or Johannesburg, and a blonde blue eyed little girl makes the news
*Hantavirus in the lead, but no – it’s Ebola from behind!*