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The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised the health threat level of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to “very high” locally. The decision came amid growing international concerns about the spread of this strain, which lacks approved treatments and vaccines.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has acknowledged a new escalation in the Ebola outbreak, raising the risk assessment associated with the Bundibugyo strain in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to a national high. “We are adjusting our current risk assessment to be very high nationally, high regionally, while remaining low on the scale,” who Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters. Global”. Ghebreyesus noted the effectiveness of preventive measures applied in Uganda, stressing that “actions taken there, including intensive follow-up of contacts and cancellation of mass events, appear to be effective in containing the spread of the virus”. The UN official revealed new developments including “reports about another US citizen who was in contact with a person at high risk, and was transferred to the Czech Republic ” for medical follow-up. Official statistics indicate that 82 confirmed cases of the virus have been recorded in the Congo, in addition to 7 confirmed deaths and 177 suspected deaths related to the virus, in addition to approximately 750 suspected cases under medical control. This viral strain is of particular concern in the global medical community due to the lack of vaccines or approved treatments to confront it, which puts the international community in front of a new health challenge that requires concerted preventive and therapeutic efforts.
Source: Al-Wehda Al-Arabia News Portal
