According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there have been 600 suspected Ebola cases and 139 suspected deaths, with the number projected to climb further due to the virus’s slow detection. On Wednesday, WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus confirmed 51 cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the first case was reported, and two in neighboring Uganda.
Speaking to media in Geneva, he stated that the outbreak of the Bundibugyo species of Ebola began “a couple of months ago”. On Sunday, the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency of international significance, but not a pandemic.
According to Ghebreyesus, the health organisation’s emergency committee determined on Tuesday that the situation was “not a pandemic emergency”.
According to WHO, the danger of the epidemic is high at the national and regional levels but low at the global level.
The 51 confirmed cases in DR Congo are in the country’s eastern Ituri province, which is the epicenter of the outbreak, and North Kivu region. The two verified in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, had both arrived from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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