WHO upgrades Ebola risk in DR Congo to 'very high' nationally

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WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is spreading rapidly and he upgraded the national risk level to very high. WHO now assesses the risk as very high nationally, high regionally and low globally, after confirming 82 cases and seven deaths so far. The upgrade signals urgent scaling of surveillance, vaccination and treatment inside DRC and increased cross-border coordination to prevent wider regional transmission.

Carl Quintanilla

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GENEVA (AP) - WHO chief says Ebola outbreak in Congo is spreading rapidly and now poses a 'very high risk' at the national level. @apnews.com

51618d ago

Ser Skellington Bones25

Good thing we have a CDC, USAID and international partners in the WHO etc to help the affected area and contain the spread OH WAIT

Netty Bo Betty16

Some good news 🙏 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bluemarlinhunter.bsky.social13

Good thing USA is there to help, oh wait we are being led by morons

Leslie Talbot9

Have we stopped the third-country deportation flights to Congo? I suspect not, which means we are sending innocent migrants to possible death.

AdoboTom8

I keep saying that the next pandemic is coming soon and we will not be prepared for it because of our current government policies. Ebola spread is partly due to our reduction in USAID.

Tim5

The destruction of USAID caused this. Plain and simple. Trump and admin cut 90% of this funding. www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/2026-eb...

Grumpy Zeus5

Ebola spread in Congo is sponsored by the Republican party.

A disgruntled fiscal conservative👊⛳️🔥3

The one thing keeping this virus local instead of going global is the quick onset and rapid high lethality.

Roxy2

Unforgivable that the US isn't leading this fight. But what can one expect with a fking psycho idiot like Kennedy Jr.

bombaycrone.bsky.social2

Translation: If someone from the Congo manages to get on an airplane; even though it requires direct contact; it's still a danger to everyone.

AZ Intel

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WHO upgrades Ebola risk in Congo from “high” to “very high”.

2618d ago

Kai Kupferschmidt

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"Previously, WHO assessed the risk as high at the national and regional levels and low at global levels", he says. "We're now revising our risk assessment to very high at the national level, high at the regional level and low at global level."

2518d ago

Mike Walker

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WHO chief says Ebola outbreak in Congo is ‘spreading rapidly’ and upgrades risk assessment apnews.com/article/cong...

718d ago

Lauren Ashley Davis

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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. www.yahoo.com/news/world/a...

1018d ago

Rima I Anabtawi

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WHO raises Ebola public health risk to ‘very high’ in DR Congo “Speaking at Friday's news briefing in Geneva, Tedros said: "We are now revising our risk assessment to very high at the national level, high at the regional level, and low at the global level."” www.bbc.com/news/article...

618d ago

Charlie McHenry

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WHO chief says #Ebola is spreading rapidly in Congo, upgrades risk assessment https://apnews.com/article/congo-ebola-outbreak-who-4e08d8df6d9c34039a9e0b8bad7a8954

118d ago

Luba Howard

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apnews.com/article/cong... suspends funeral wakes and big gatherings in Ebola outbreak, as WHO upgrades risk assessment

218d ago

Thelonevirologist

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DR Congo Ebola outbreak reaches nearly 750 suspected cases, 177 deaths as area risk upgraded to ‘very high’ www.cidrap.umn.edu/ebola/dr-con...

218d ago

The Spectator Index | Global News

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Ebola death toll in DR Congo has risen to 177 suspected deaths as public health risk is raised to 'very high', according to World Health Organization.Link

17d ago

Martin J McSweeny

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Congo curtails funeral wakes in Ebola outbreak as WHO upgrades risk assessment www.yahoo.com/news/world/a...

118d ago

BBC NEWS

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Ebola risk raised to 'very high' in DR Congo The head of the UN health agency says the risk in the wider region is "high", but it remains "low" at the global level.

118d ago

Catherine Feore

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Ebola: @who.int have revised the risk assessment to very high at the national level, high at the regional level and low at the global level. So far 82 cases have been confirmed with seven confirmed deaths. We know the epidemic in DRC is much larger, there are 750 suspected cases and 177 suspected