Ebola resurges in Congo, WHO convenes Emergency Committee

World Health Organisation's (WHO) Director-General, Tedros ham convened an Emergency Committee under International Health Regulations following recent outbreak of Ebola in DR Congo.

Alarmed by recent surge in Ebola cases in African nation, ham issued a statement on Twitter saying:

 WHO recently reported that 29 new cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) have been confirmed in nation, while total figure stands at 211 EVD cases (176 confirmed cases, 35 probable) as of October 13. Out of this, 135 people have lost ir lives due to dely disease, while an increasing trend in weekly case incidence has been confirmed.

organisation stated that trends are "underestimated" due to late reporting of cases, detection of cases and security concerns which largely limit contact, as this is a highly communicable disease. health organisation furr said that females have been accounted for a greater proportion of cases.

Furrmore, out of new cases confirmed, at least 15 have been linked to kwn cases "or were linked retrospectively through case to transmission chains within respective communities". article, published on WHO's official website, also mentioned that organisation is closely monitoring situation in African nation and neighbouring countries along with DR Congo's Ministry of Public and Health and its partners in nation. However, it also highlighted that all EVD alerts from neighbouring nations have been ruled out, indicating that outbreak is contained in Congo at moment. Mass vaccination drives are being undertaken by organisation, while burial teams are eir operational or on standby across nation.

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Ministry of Health (MoH) of DR Congo h declared a new outbreak of EVD in rth Kivu Province on August 1 this year. full extent of outbreak is still being established by WHO, its partners, and Congo's MoH. Experts from USA's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been "pulled back" from nation due to safety concerns with regards to Ebola outbreak.

WHAT IS EBOLA?

Ebola is an infectious and frequently fatal disease marked by fever and severe internal bleeding, spre through contact with infected body fluids by a filovirus. Since Ebola virus was first identified in 1976, sporic outbreaks have been reported in Africa. But 2013-2016 West African Ebola outbreak resulted in more than 11,300 deaths and raised an international alarm due to sheer multitude of human deaths.