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The World Health Organisation has assessed the risk of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s escalating Ebola outbreak as high at both national and regional levels, even as the United Nations health agency stopped short of declaring it a global pandemic emergency. WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the assessment public on Wednesday, confirming…
The World Health Organisation has declared an international health emergency after a new Ebola outbreak killed 88 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Global health officials issued the alarm on Sunday because the current crisis involves the Bundibugyo strain of the virus. Unlike the more common Zaire strain, medical science possesses no vaccine or…
Three passengers are dead, and one remains in intensive care following a suspected hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius. The vessel was travelling from Argentina to Cape Verde when a rare respiratory illness began to spread among those on board. World Health Organisation officials confirmed one case of the rodent-borne virus, while five other passengers…
Escalating violence across the Middle East has forced more than four million people from their homes and crippled the regional healthcare infrastructure. The World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on 9 April that the humanitarian crisis is deepening as medical facilities face deliberate strikes. Iran and Lebanon bear the brunt of the displacement, with 3.2 million…
