"The World Health Organization declares the epidemic a global health emergency. It's a global health crisis not a pandemic. But the World Health Organization is warning that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighbouring Uganda could be much larger than what has been detected so far."
"The global health body is advising countries to activate national disaster mechanisms and introduce cross-border and internal screening."
WHO declares the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo a global health emergency. The outbreak is described as a global health crisis rather than a pandemic. WHO warns that the situation in the DRC and neighboring Uganda could be much larger than currently detected. Countries are advised to activate national disaster mechanisms to strengthen response capacity. WHO also recommends introducing cross-border screening and internal screening to identify cases and reduce spread. The guidance focuses on coordinated preparedness and surveillance across affected regions.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]