The Ebola outbreak ravaging the Democratic Republic of Congo appears far from over as new confirmed cases and deaths from the disease are still being
Latest figures from the World Health Organisation website on Monday shows that 3,428 cases , including 2246 deaths, have been recorded since the disease was first reported in August 2018.The country has been battling the outbreak of the disease since August, but the new coronavirus outbreak in China has pushed news on the disease off the headlines.
The WHO chief said the current trend in the fight against the disease has been encouraging as there have only been 3 cases in the past week, and no cases in the past 3 days. Mr Ghebreyesus also added the Emergency Committee which had recommended that WHO should declare the Ebola outbreak a public health emergency of international concern would be meeting on Wednesday to assess whether the Ebola outbreak in DRC still within the status.
WHO Regional Director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, said the situation in the country is very different now from what it was a few months ago, VOA reported.
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