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Ebola Outbreak Declared Global Health Emergency
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Ebola outbreak declared global health emergency
The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo a "public health emergency of international concern". The move may encourage wealthy donor countries to provide more cash.
But the WHO stopped short of saying borders should be closed, saying the risk of the disease spreading outside the region was not high.
The outbreak in DR Congo has killed more than 1,600 people. This week, the first case was detected in Goma, home to more than a million. The PHEIC emergency provision is the highest level of alarm the WHO can sound and has only been used four times previously. This includes the Ebola epidemic that devastated parts of West Africa from 2014 to 2016, and killed more than 11,000 people.
"It is time for the world to take notice," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news conference in Geneva on Wednesday at which the emergency was declared. He said he accepted recommendations there should be no restrictions on travel or trade, and no entry screening of passengers at ports or airports outside the immediate region.
"While it does not change the reality on the ground for victims or partners engaged in the response, we hope it will bring the international attention that this crisis deserves," it said in a statement.
WHO Declares Ebola Outbreak an International Emergency
From WHO declares Ebola outbreak an international emergency
The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the nearly year-long Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).
The outbreak was declared on August 1, 2018 and has tallied 2,512 cases and 1,676 deaths. So far, it's centered in the DRC's North Kivu and Ituri provinces, which are on the eastern side of the country bordering South Sudan, Uganda, and Rwanda.
The declaration Wednesday follows the spread of Ebola to Goma, a DRC city of nearly 2 million people at the border with Rwanda that acts as hub of regional transportation. On Sunday, health workers there confirmed the city's first case in a 47-year-old pastor who had just arrived from Butembo, a DRC city that has struggled with the outbreak since last December.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies welcomed the move.
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(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday July 18 2019, @07:59PM (4 children)
Come on now, even you aren't THAT fucking dumb. ...are you?
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Thursday July 18 2019, @11:51PM (3 children)
I looked at some of his posts. He does seem to live on EF's side of town. Still, EF is mostly moderated honestly, rather than shot down just because he posts an unpopular opinion. We could do the same for this guy.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 19 2019, @08:28AM (1 child)
Umm, she was responding to you, Runaway. We repeat the question, "Are you THAT fucking dumb. ...are you?"
Think before you answer, Runaway!
Oh, crap, who am I fooling? How would that make any difference?
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday July 19 2019, @12:02PM
I do believe we already know the answer. Runaway is actually a lot like a miniature Trump, in the sense that his entire schtick is to lie, deflect, and pretend to be witty. #Sad!
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 19 2019, @11:27PM
"Moderated honestly" as in modded down all the fucking time for his trolling racism? Ok, you can start oh "I'm the least racist conservative ON sn!"
At this point it is clear you have emotional blocks related to your political ideology which prevent you from seeing _very obvious patterns_ and _factual evidence_ while claiming your "enemy" is the one doing it. It is ridiculous, but it is happening to literally tens of millions of people because a culture of hatred (emotion) has been created.
The ideas of genocide and apathy came all too quickly into the discussion, encouraged by the highest office in the US setting the bar lower than ever. Get a grip conservatives. I'm sure some of you are _very fine people_, and I mean that sincerely. Yes "very fine people" is also a joke about Trump's usage but here I mean it; there are Libertarians and Republicans I have respect for.
*berniebro out*