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UN working ‘intensively’ to stop Ebola within eastern Congo
01.08.2019 13:11 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
As of yesterday, David Gressley, the UN Ebola Emergency Response Coordinator, and Dr. Ibrahima Socé Fall, Assistant Director-General for Emergency Response at the World Health Organization (WHO), released a joint statement saying that they are «working intensively» to halt any further spread, UN Radio reports.
Thus, the two senior UN officials tasked with controlling the Congo Ebola outbreak have responded to this week Tue confirmation of a second case of Ebola in Goma, a major trading town in the vast country’s restive east, near the border with neighbouring Rwanda, which resulted in the death of the patient.
As to the officials, the surveillance is being stepped up at all entry and exit points within the area, but more needs to be done to eradicate Ebola. The officials called for a «strong, resilient health system» to avoid a resurgence of the disease.
It is to be reminded, as of last week Fri, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) told that, over the next six months, it is going to scale up and double food assistance to people affected by the disease, in preparation for a potential further escalation of the epidemic.
It is to be admitted, the WFP support is for 440,000 "Ebola-affected" people within Congo, which includes contacts of victims and their families, as well as confirmed and suspected cases.
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