US official labels Ebola outbreak genuine health emergency
The U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Alex Azar, has labelled the on-going Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo as a genuine health emergency which needs to be urgently contained.
The officials were accompanied by World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus, and United Nations Emergency Ebola Response Coordinator David Gressly. NIAID has helped pay for the purchase and distribution of an experimental Ebola vaccine, which now has been given to 220,000 people in the DRC.DRC has been battling one of its largest Ebola outbreaks as more than 2,000 people have died and more than 3,000 infected.
Efforts to reduce the spread of the disease and free the DRC from the scourge of the Ebola epidemic are largely slowed down by activities of armed groups in the hardest-hit towns. Mr Azar also tasked neighbouring countries such as Uganda and Rwanda to increase their surveillance and preparedness activities.
Mr Azar also pleaded with people to always present illness to healthcare centres early as this will help with quick detection of the diseases.Despite the huge work and money spent in combating the disease in DRC, international donors said more funds are still needed to stop the spread of the disease.
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