{"id":24130,"date":"2020-04-20T16:51:13","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T16:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=24130"},"modified":"2020-04-20T16:51:13","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T16:51:13","slug":"who-confirms-six-cases-of-ebola-in-drc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/who-confirms-six-cases-of-ebola-in-drc","title":{"rendered":"WHO confirms six cases of Ebola in DRC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa has confirmed six cases of Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).<\/p>\n<p>The UN\u2019s health agency confirmed the development on its official twitter account @WHOAFRO on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are currently six confirmed Ebola cases in Northeastern DRC in spite of ongoing insecurity in the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWHO and partners are working with civil society organisations to carry out surveillance activities including contact tracing and monitoring of the 638 known contacts.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>WHO had on April 10 confirmed a new case of Ebola virus in the city of Beni in DRC, after 52 days of not recording a case in the country.<\/p>\n<p>In light of this, the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee on Ebola in DRC had met and presented their recommendations to the WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus.<\/p>\n<p>Ghebreyesus said their view on the Ebola outbreak in the DRC was that it continued to constitute a Public Health Emergency of International Concern and I have accepted that advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa has confirmed six cases of Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). 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