By Daily Nation
It has been about a year since an Ebola outbreak was reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and the disease shows no signs of abating.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday pressed the panic button, declaring the outbreak a “public health emergency of international concern”, a rare designation only used for the gravest epidemics.
The WHO, however, stressed that no country should close its borders or place any restrictions on travel or trade, adding that the risk of the disease spreading outside the region was not high.
“It is time for the world to take notice and redouble our efforts. We need to work together in solidarity with the DRC to end this outbreak and build a better health system,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in Geneva. Read more>>
