DRC Ebola ‘Outbreak Is Not Over,’ WHO DG Warns

Reuters: “We are still at war” with Ebola — WHO chief
“The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday cautioned against declaring victory too early in Congo’s Ebola epidemic, despite encouraging signs that it may be brought under control. ‘The outbreak is stabilizing, but still the outbreak is not over,’ WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told journalists on a visit to Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital Kinshasa…” (6/12).

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