{"id":3045,"date":"2019-07-18T09:04:47","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T06:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/?p=3045"},"modified":"2019-07-18T09:04:47","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T06:04:47","slug":"d-r-congos-ebola-outbreak-is-now-an-international-concern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/website_b1ce9d46\/d-r-congos-ebola-outbreak-is-now-an-international-concern\/","title":{"rendered":"D.R. Congo&#8217;s Ebola outbreak is now an international concern"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The World Health Organization has declared the current Ebola\noutbreak in eastern D.R. Congo a public health emergency of international\nconcern. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The declaration on Wednesday comes amid reports of new\ncases, raising fears that the outbreak, which has been mostly confined to North\nKivu province, could spread into neighboring nations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is time for the world to take notice and redouble our\nefforts. We need to work together in solidarity with the DRC to end this\noutbreak and build a better health system. Extraordinary work has been done for\nalmost a year under the most difficult circumstances. We all owe it to these\nresponders &#8212; coming from not just WHO but also government, partners and\ncommunities &#8212; to shoulder more of the burden,\u201d said Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,\nthe WHO Director-General. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The declaration comes while the WHO grapples with a shortage\nof the rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine, which is being used to vaccinate susceptible\npopulations to break the transmission chain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of Wednesday, most of the cases were limited to Butembo,\nBeni and Mabalako; Beni alone accounted for 46% of new cases in the past 3\nweeks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, just this Monday, a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/07\/ebola-patient-dr-congo-goma-dies-190716111022194.html\">case<\/a>\nwas reported in Goma, a city of more than a million on the border with Rwanda. The\nman, a pastor, had travelled to Butembo, where he interacted with members of\nthe local congregation. He took a public bus back to Goma, where he was\ndiagnosed with Ebola. He passed away as he was being ferried to the Ebola\ntreatment centre in Butembo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another case was also reported on Wednesday. This case was\nin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theeastafrican.co.ke\/scienceandhealth\/fears-of-Ebola-virus-spreading\/3073694-5199556-42crqdz\/index.html\">Mpondwe<\/a>,\na border town in Uganda, where a Congolese fisherwoman came to trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The outbreak has so far claimed more than 1,600 lives. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Health Organization has declared the current Ebola outbreak in eastern D.R. Congo a public health emergency of international concern. 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